INFLUENCE OF ARTIFICIAL HONEYDEW ON LARVAL DEVELOPMENT AND SURVIVAL IN CHRYSOPERLA-CARNEA [NEUR, CHRYSOPIDAE]

Authors
MCEWEN PK JERVIS MA KIDD NAC
Citation
Pk. Mcewen et al., INFLUENCE OF ARTIFICIAL HONEYDEW ON LARVAL DEVELOPMENT AND SURVIVAL IN CHRYSOPERLA-CARNEA [NEUR, CHRYSOPIDAE], Entomophaga, 38(2), 1993, pp. 241-244
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Entomophaga → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138959
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
241 - 244
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8959(1993)38:2<241:IOAHOL>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The effects of providing (a) an artificial honeydew consisting of yeas t autolysate, sugar and water in the ratio 4:7:10 live prey (eggs of E phestia kuehniella), and (b) water and life prey, on larval developmen t and survival in the green lacewing Chrysoperla carnea were examined. Compared with larvae provided with eggs and water, those given eggs a nd artificial honeydew were more likely to complete their development and did so significantly more rapidly.