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The developmental biology of Telenomus remus Nixon (Hym., Scelionidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Dan Gerling
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Extract

The developmental biology of Telenomus remus Nixon is described from rearings within the eggs of Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.). It has two larval instars and its developmental duration at 25°C is about ten days. Superparasitism can be easily induced in the laboratory, but only one adult emerges from each host egg.

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Research Paper
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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