LABORATORY METHOD FOR REARING THE GROUND BEETLE SPECIES BEMIDION-TETRACOLUM (COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE)

Authors
THEISS S HEIMBACH U
Citation
S. Theiss et U. Heimbach, LABORATORY METHOD FOR REARING THE GROUND BEETLE SPECIES BEMIDION-TETRACOLUM (COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE), Entomologia generalis, 19(1-2), 1994, pp. 61-64
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Entomologia generalis → ACNP
ISSN journal
01718177
Volume
19
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
61 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-8177(1994)19:1-2<61:LMFRTG>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A laboratory method for rearing Bembidion tetracolum (Say 1823) is des cribed. The eggs are layed into a mixture of plaster and coal and then transfered onto moist filter paper. Hatched larvae are kept individua lly in peat. Duration of larval development and mortality depend on fe eding conditions, good results were obtained feeding 3 x weekly with c ut mealworm. Pupal mortality was low.