Rl. Whitakerdeerberg et al., THE EFFECT OF SHORT-TERM COLD-STORAGE ON EMERGENCE OF APHELINUS-ASYCHIS WALKER (HYMENOPTERA, APHELINIDAE) MUMMIES, The Southwestern entomologist, 19(2), 1994, pp. 115-118
Percent adult parasitoids emerging from mummies of Aphelimus asychis W
alker (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) held at a temperature of 4.4-degrees-
C for varying lengths of time depended on the age of the mummies and t
he length of time they were held in cold storage. Lengths of time in s
torage were 3, 5, 7 and 14 days. These storage periods were used to ac
commodate commonly encountered periods of delay in a shipping operatio
n. Mummy ages (days after mummy formation) were 3, 7 and 10 days. Thre
e-day old mummies stored for 3 days showed the best survival, and 10-d
ay old mummies stored for 14 days showed the poorest survival.