Non-consumptive Effects of the Predatory Stinkbug Arma custos Adults on Growth,Development and Reproduction of the Oriental Armyworm Mythimna separata

doi:10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2024.01.004

Abstract

Abstract: The impact of predator natural enemies on pests is generally assessed in laboratory by measuring the number of prey individuals preyed by a predator or other metrics based on it.But this approach does not consider the potential negative impact on the behavior,development,or reproduction of the prey exerted by the presence of predators,i.e.,the so-called non-consumptive effects.This report presents our laboratory study aiming at investigating non-consumptive effects of the predatory stinkbug Arma custos on the life history traits of the oriental armyworm Mythimna separata.Larvae of M.separata were individually exposed to a stinkbug adult in a petri-dish containing artificial diets for a certain period of time with three treatments of the exposure:5 days in the early stage from 4^th to 8^th day after hatching,referred to as “Early risk”;5 days in the late stage from 9^th to 13^th day after hatching,as “Late risk”;and the whole larval stage,as “Throughout risk”.The control larva was left alone.Body masses of both the 8-and 13-day old larvae were individually measured;developmental durations of larvae and pupae and pupal body mass were measured;number of eggs laid during lifetime was counted.Body mass of the 8-day old caterpillars increased by 11.5% for the early-risk and 12.0% for the throughout-risk,as compared with the control (57.67 mg).Body mass of the 13-day old caterpillars were not affected by the treatment.Caterpillar development time was shortened by 2.2% for the Early-risk compared to the control (14.5 d).Caterpillar pupal body mass was reduced to 423.49 mg for the Early-risk and to 417.65 mg for the Throughout-risk,as compared to the control (446.76 mg).Pupal duration,adult pre-oviposition period,oviposition period and lifetime fecundity of M.separata were not influenced by the non-consumptive risk treatment.The results suggest that A.custos may have a slight non-consumptive effect on M.separata when the risk occurs at the early larval stage but may not when the risk occurs at the late larval stage,and there may not be non-consumptive effects on fecundity of M.separata.

Key words: predatory heteropteran, predator-prey interactions, predator risk, trait-mediated effects, biological control

CLC Number:

S476.2

ZHANG Yaqian, QU Yuli, LI Baoping. Non-consumptive Effects of the Predatory Stinkbug Arma custos Adults on Growth,Development and Reproduction of the Oriental Armyworm Mythimna separata[J]. Chinese Journal of Biological Control, 2024, 40(2): 248-256.

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