Oviposition Behavior and Larval Longevity of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum (Acarina: Ixodidae), in Different Habitats

Autor: Patrick, Carl D., Hair, Jakie A.
Zdroj: Annals of the Entomological Society of America; March 1979, Vol. 72 Issue: 2 p308-308, 1p
Abstrakt: Females demonstrated limited capacity to select oviposition sites that best protected eggs from high temperature and low humidity. Preoviposition time and egg incubation was temperature dependent. Soil surface temperature affected frequency of egg hatching more than did soil moisture. Movement of replete females also was related to soil temperature. Higher temperature and low humidity extended larval pre-activity from 10—16 days in June-early July to 20—29 days in July—Aug. Larval survival was shortest in the meadow habitat (10—19 days) and longest in the bottom oak-hickory habitat (33—106 days).
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