Comparison of Aggregation and Feeding Responses by Normal and Irradiated Fruit Flies, Ceratitis capitata and Anastrepha suspenso (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Galun, Rachel; Gothilf, Shmuel; Blondheim, Syril A.; Sharp, Jennifer L.; Mazor, Michal; Lachman, Abraham

doi:10.1093/ee/14.6.726

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“…Robacker and Garcia (1993) observed an =20% reduction in attraction to bacterial odor by irradiated flies compared with nonirradiated flies. Galun et al (1985) showed that gamma irradiation of Mediterranean and Caribbean fruit flies, Anestrepha suspensa (Loew), decreased the olfactory response of the flies to protein hydrolysate by about the same percentage as observed here for Mexican fruit fly response to AMPu and BioLure. Heath et al (1996) suggested that ammonium acetate / putrescine lures (BioLure) were much more attractive to wild Mediterranean fruit flies than to irradiated laboratorv-colonv flies based on captures in field tests; howev~r, it w~s not possible to make an accurate assessment because of unknown population sizes of wild versus irradiated flies.…”

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Effects of Food Deprivation, Age, Time of Day, and Gamma Irradiation on Attraction of Mexican Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Two Synthetic Lures in a Wind Tunnel

Robacker

1998

Environmental Entomology

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Effects of Food Deprivation, Age, Time of Day, and Gamma Irradiation on Attraction of Mexican Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Two Synthetic Lures in a Wind Tunnel

Robacker

1998

Environmental Entomology

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“…Access to yeast hydrolysate for 24 h led to higher levels of cue-lure attraction compared to males with no access, but attraction of 24-h males was always significantly less than attraction of males given continuous access. Sterilization led to reduced attraction to food odours (protein hydrolysate) and food-based lures (BioLure®; Suterra LLC, Bend, OR, USA) in Caribbean fruit flies, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew), Mexican fruit flies, Anastrepha ludens (Loew), and C. capitata (Galun et al, 1985;Robacker, 1998). Inclusion of yeast hydrolysate in the diet provided to newly emerged sterile adults for a period of at least 24 h, but preferably 48 h, has the potential to improve trap recapture rates owing to faster rates of sexual development in male flies, and subsequent attraction to cue-lure.…”

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Feeding on yeast hydrolysate enhances attraction to cue‐lure in Queensland fruit flies, Bactrocera tryoni

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Pérez‐Staples

Taylor

2008

Entomologia Exp Applicata

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Feeding on yeast hydrolysate (a source of nitrogen) has a strong influence on the physiology and behaviour of the Queensland fruit fly (Q-fly), Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae), affecting longevity, sexual maturation, oogenesis, and mating performance. In this study, we demonstrate that access to yeast hydrolysate also influences the development of attraction to cue-lure in Q-flies. We provided virgin Q-flies various periods of access to yeast hydrolysate (continuous, 48 h, 24 h, or deprived). Attraction of males to cue-lure was increased and occurred at an earlier age when they were fed yeast hydrolysate. Males given continuous access were strongly attracted to cue-lure at a younger age (8 days after emergence), but by 12 days after emergence attraction of males given access to yeast hydrolysate for 48 h did not differ from males given continuous access. Attraction by males deprived or given just 24 h access to yeast hydrolysate was always significantly lower than those of males with continuous access. Male attraction to cue-lure was highest in the early morning. While cue-lure is most often thought of as a male attractant, virgin female Q-flies were caught in cue-lure traps at dusk at ages when they are known to be sexually mature. We suggest that cue-lure or similar natural chemicals play a role in the Q-fly mating system. γ -Irradiation used to induce sterility had no significant effect on attraction to cue-lure by Q-flies.

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“…Although characteristics of sites occupied by leks, their spaciotemporal distribution and certain attributes of lek-participants have been studied (Arita & Kaneshiro, 1989;Hendrichs & Hendrichs, 1990;Hendrichs et al, 1991;Whittier et al, 1992;Warburg & Yuval, 1997;Yuval et al, 1998), the factors controlling lek formation and, in particular, the selection of lek sites, remain poorly understood. Galun et al (1985) suggested that sites close to food resources are more suitable for lek formation than resource-poor sites. Since males seek food on host plants, lek sites may be selected to coincide with food sites where mating eventually occurs.…”

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Effect of adult age, food, and time of day on sexual calling incidence of wild and mass‐reared Ceratitis capitata males

Papadopoulos

Katsoyannos

Kouloussis

et al. 1998

Entomologia Exp Applicata

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The sexual calling incidence of wild and mass‐reared Mediterranean fruit fly males, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), was studied at 25 °C and a photophase of 14 h starting at 0600 h. Wild males fed on yeast hydrolysate and sugar attained sexual maturity earlier and exhibited higher calling activity than males fed on sugar alone. In both sugar and yeast hydrolysate‐fed wild males, calling levels were high during the first hours of the photophase, declined at 0900–1000 h, then increased again reaching high levels between 1200 and 1500 h, and finally declined and ceased after 1600 h. Food deprivation for 8 h or more caused a significantly lower frequency of calling. Irradiated (sterile) and unirradiated mass‐reared males fed on either sugar and yeast or sugar alone did not differ in the age of attaining sexual maturity (maximum levels of calling occurred about 8 days earlier than in the wild males). However, irradiated males fed on sugar called less frequently than males in the other treatments of mass‐reared males. The daily rhythm of calling in protein and sugar‐fed irradiated males differed somewhat from that of wild males. Calling was recorded at high levels from the beginning of the photophase until 1300 h without any decrease at 0900–1000 h. It then decreased to very low levels from 1500–1800 h and increased slightly at 1900 h. These findings are discussed in relation to the mating behavior of the fly and to the effectiveness of released sterile males in Sterile Insect Technique programs.

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Comparison of Aggregation and Feeding Responses by Normal and Irradiated Fruit Flies, Ceratitis capitata and Anastrepha suspenso (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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Effects of Food Deprivation, Age, Time of Day, and Gamma Irradiation on Attraction of Mexican Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Two Synthetic Lures in a Wind Tunnel

Effects of Food Deprivation, Age, Time of Day, and Gamma Irradiation on Attraction of Mexican Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Two Synthetic Lures in a Wind Tunnel

Feeding on yeast hydrolysate enhances attraction to cue‐lure in Queensland fruit flies, Bactrocera tryoni

Effect of adult age, food, and time of day on sexual calling incidence of wild and mass‐reared Ceratitis capitata males

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