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PINE SISKIN PREYS ON EGG MASSES OF THE SPRUCE BUDWORM, CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Daniel T. Jennings  and
Hewlette S. Crawford
Daniel T. Jennings
Affiliation:
Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469
Hewlette S. Crawford
Affiliation:
Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469
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During preoutbreak periods before spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens), populations reach epidemic levels, birds can play an important role in regulating budworm abundance (Gage and Miller 1978). All life stages of the spruce budworm are subject to predation by birds, but documentation of predation on budworm eggs is sparse (Hope 1945).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 115 , Issue 4 , April 1983 , pp. 439 - 440
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1983

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