A System for Harvesting Eggs from the Pink-Spotted Lady Beetle
We describe a system for harvesting eggs from a predatory insect, the pink-spotted lady beetle, Coleomegilla maculata De Geer (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Adult beetles placed in square, transparent containers that included oviposition substrates hanging from the top of the cage deposited eggs on th...
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| description | We describe a system for harvesting eggs from a predatory insect, the pink-spotted lady beetle, Coleomegilla maculata De Geer (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Adult beetles placed in square, transparent containers that included oviposition substrates hanging from the top of the cage deposited eggs on the materials provided. We harvested eggs from these substrates in quantities sufficient for either destructive sampling or synchronous development of larvae. We evaluated effects of crowding inside cages; effects of a chemical attractant on oviposition behavior; egg cannibalism. Females preferred a textured surface rather than a smooth, waxy one for laying eggs. Crowding inhibited oviposition of beetles. Presence of a chemical attractant (methyl salicylate) did not significantly improve oviposition. This paper describes an inexpensive system for harvesting eggs from C. maculata. Refinement of this system should improve oviposition and reduce cannibalism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-60ba8cedeed4409ebac33882500c04df2025-08-20T03:34:56ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74382012-01-01201210.1155/2012/923653923653A System for Harvesting Eggs from the Pink-Spotted Lady BeetleMargaret L. Allen0Eric W. Riddick1National Biological Control Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 59 Lee Road, Stoneville, MS 38776, USANational Biological Control Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 59 Lee Road, Stoneville, MS 38776, USAWe describe a system for harvesting eggs from a predatory insect, the pink-spotted lady beetle, Coleomegilla maculata De Geer (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Adult beetles placed in square, transparent containers that included oviposition substrates hanging from the top of the cage deposited eggs on the materials provided. We harvested eggs from these substrates in quantities sufficient for either destructive sampling or synchronous development of larvae. We evaluated effects of crowding inside cages; effects of a chemical attractant on oviposition behavior; egg cannibalism. Females preferred a textured surface rather than a smooth, waxy one for laying eggs. Crowding inhibited oviposition of beetles. Presence of a chemical attractant (methyl salicylate) did not significantly improve oviposition. This paper describes an inexpensive system for harvesting eggs from C. maculata. Refinement of this system should improve oviposition and reduce cannibalism.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/923653 |
| spellingShingle | Margaret L. Allen Eric W. Riddick A System for Harvesting Eggs from the Pink-Spotted Lady Beetle Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | A System for Harvesting Eggs from the Pink-Spotted Lady Beetle |
| title_full | A System for Harvesting Eggs from the Pink-Spotted Lady Beetle |
| title_fullStr | A System for Harvesting Eggs from the Pink-Spotted Lady Beetle |
| title_full_unstemmed | A System for Harvesting Eggs from the Pink-Spotted Lady Beetle |
| title_short | A System for Harvesting Eggs from the Pink-Spotted Lady Beetle |
| title_sort | system for harvesting eggs from the pink spotted lady beetle |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/923653 |
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