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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 1625-1630.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2022.11.011

• GREEN PREVENTION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGY • Previous Articles    

Effects of Supplementary Food on Adults Longevity of Megastigmus sabinae Xu et He

Lü Dong1,2, ZHAO Hu1,2, MIAO Yuxin1,2, CHEN Min3, WANG Guangyu3   

  1. 1. Academy of Water Resource Conservation Forests of Qilian Mountains in Gansu Province, Zhangye 734000, China;
    2. National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Unique Plant Breeding and Extension in Qilian Mountain, Engineering Research Center for Conservation and Breeding of Endemic, Zhangye 734000, China;
    3. Key Laboratory of Beijing for Control to Forest Pest, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2022-04-02 Published:2022-12-16

Abstract: The effect of supplementary food on the longevity of female and male adults of Megastigmus Sabinae was investigated by feeding the wasps with water, sucrose solution and honey solution. The results showed that the males lived shorter than the females under the three feeding treatments, and the longevity of females and males fed with water differed significantly. The females fed with sucrose solution and honey solution lived 18 days and 14 days, both significantly different from that of the wasps fed with water. The survival of the wasps showed no difference between the wasps individually reared and group reared. The results are of help for the mass rearing of M. sabinae and for future study of the biological characteristics and behavior of M. sabinae.

Key words: Megastigmus sabinae, supplementary foods, lifetime

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