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INVESTIGATIONS OF EGG NICHES, EGGS, AND RATE OF OVIPOSITION FOR DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J.H. Lashomb  and
T.E. Nebeker
J.H. Lashomb
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762
T.E. Nebeker
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762
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Abstract

Relationships of egg niches and eggs per unit (cm) of gallery were studied. On average egg niches were found to overestimate eggs by 36%. The rate of egg deposition in the mid-portion of the infested bole was found to be less than the upper and lower portion.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 4 , April 1979 , pp. 435 - 438
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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