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The Utilisation of metabolic Water in Insects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

G. Fraenkel  and
M. Blewett
G. Fraenkel
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Applied Entomology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London.
M. Blewett
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Applied Entomology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London.
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(1) Three insects, Tribolium confusum, Ephestia kuehniella and Dermestes vulpinus, have been grown at several humidities and the following factors have been determined: length of larval period; water content of food and of the freshly formed pupae; wet and dry weight of pupae and wet and dry weight of food consumed during larval development. The “net utilisation” of the food has been calculated as the ratio of dry weight of food eaten per larva to dry weight of pupa.

(2) At lower humidities more food is eaten to produce a given unit of body weight. The length of the larval period increases and the weight of the pupae decreases.

(3) More food is eaten at low humidities, because part of the food is utilised as water. As a consequence of this, the larva grows more slowly and its final size is smaller. It is shown for Dermestes at 30 per cent. and Ephestia at 1 per cent. R.H. that less than 32·9 and 7·6 per cent. of the water in the pupae can be derived from water ingested with the food.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , July 1944 , pp. 127 - 139
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1944

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