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COMPARATIVE BEHAVIOR OF THREE CHALCIDOID (HYMENOPTERA) PARASITES OF THE ALFALFA LEAFCUTTER BEE, MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA, IN THE LABORATORY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G. A. Hobbs  and
M. D. Krunic
G. A. Hobbs
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta
M. D. Krunic
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Abstract

The following behavioral patterns of three chalcidoid parasites, Monodontomerus obscurus, Pteromalus venustus, and Melittobia chalybii, were compared in the laboratory: feeding by adults, precopulatory routines, copulating, anesthetizing the host, ovipositing, mobility of the larvae, cannibalism among larvae, overwintering, diapause, life cycle, and the ability of a host to support a parasite.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 5 , May 1971 , pp. 674 - 685
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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