Improved Technique for Rearing Spittlebugs (Homoptera: Cercopidae)

Autor:	G. Arango, Guillermo Sotelo, S. L. Lapointe
Rok vydání:	1989
Předmět:	Ecology Homoptera Aeneolamia reducta Humidity General Medicine Biology biology.organism_classification Horticulture Insect Science Ambient humidity Botany Cercopidae Instar Relative humidity Nymph
Zdroj:	Journal of Economic Entomology. 82:1764-1766
ISSN:	1938-291X 0022-0493
DOI:	10.1093/jee/82.6.1764
Popis:	A simple technique for rearing spittlebug nymphs (Zulia colombiana (Lallemand). Aeneolamia reducta (Lallemand), and others) and a highly efficient method for recovering spittlebug eggs are described. Favorable conditions for rearing nymphs are obtained by growing susceptible grass plants in plastic pots with an aluminum cover. The cover maintains high relative humidity inside the pots during nymphal development when ambient humidity is low. Darkness and humidity afforded by the cover also stimulate proliferation of superficial rootlets and provide abundant feeding sites for early instars. An oviposition chamber in which spittlebug eggs can be rapidly and efficiently recovered in large quantities from an easily prepared soil substrate is described.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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