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EFFECTS OF PECAN NUT CLUSTER SIZE ON THE SELECTION OF NUTS FOR FEEDING AND OVIPOSITION BY THE PECAN WEEVIL, CURCULIO CARYAE (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. J. Hall ,
R. D. Eikenbary  and
W. D. Warde
M. J. Hall
Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74074
R. D. Eikenbary
Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74074
W. D. Warde
Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74074
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Abstract

A study was conducted to determine if the pecan weevil, Curculio caryae, showed a preference for a particular nut cluster size for feeding and oviposition. Data indicated that selection of nuts for feeding and oviposition appeared to be a random process, without preference toward any particular nut cluster size.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 10 , October 1979 , pp. 1193 - 1196
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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