Prey Consumption and Oviposition of the Aphidophagous Predator<i>Menochilus sexmaculatus</i>(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Relation to Prey Density and Adult Size

Agarwala, B. K.; Bardhanroy, P.; Yasuda, Hironori; Takizawa, Tadashi

doi:10.1603/0046-225x-30.6.1182

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“…In the field, aphid populations are highly ephemeral and this impacts the development and reproduction of ladybirds and hence their fitness. Larvae of ladybirds with limited food supply developed into smaller adults (Kaddou, 1960;Smith, 1965;Kawauchi, 1990;Ng, 1991;Agarwala et al, 2001). Laboratory studies have shown that fecundity decreases with maternal size and food availability to females in a wide range of taxa: copepods (Ebert et al, 1993), polychaetes (Qian, 1994), gastropods (Cheung and Lam, 1999), seaurchins (Thompson, 1982), insects (Grill et al, 1997), and predatory ladybirds (Hodek and Honek, 1996;Obrycki et al, 1998).…”

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Life history response of a predatory ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), to food stress

Agarwala

Yasuda

Sato

2008

Appl. Entomol. Zool.

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The ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas), was studied under laboratory condition to reveal the effect of food stress on phenotypic changes in life history traits that reflect larval and adult performance. Two food environments (abundant and limited food availability) were used as experimental treatments. When the food was limited, larvae grew slowly. Surviving adults were smaller, and their pre-reproductive period was considerably prolonged, reproductive life span and fecundity were reduced, and longevity was increased. On limited food supply, adults had reduced efficiency of converting food into eggs in comparison to adults provided abundant food supply. The relationships between lifetime fecundity and female longevity suggested that for both food levels, there were two groups of individuals with one group showing a positive correlation and the other group a negative correlation between reproduction and longevity. Life history responses to food stress, and the trade-off between fecundity and female longevity, are discussed.

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Life history response of a predatory ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), to food stress

Agarwala

Yasuda

Sato

2008

Appl. Entomol. Zool.

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“…Cheilomenes sexmaculata is a species that has been studied for its potential as a pest control agent in biological control due to its eating habits, being a natural predator of aphid pest species such as Aphis caccivora Kock, 1854, A. gossypii Glover 1887 and Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach, 1843), which are problematic for a variety of crops (Agarwala and Yasuda 2000, Agarwala et al 2001, Omkar and Bind 2004, Tank and Korat 2007, Joshi and Sharma 2008, Angulo et al 2011. Moreover, it has been reported feeding on foliar nectaries of Talipariti pernambucense (Arruda) Fryxell in mangroves from Ecuador, taking advantage of the sugary substrates of nectaries as a food resource (Cornejo and Gonzalez 2015).…”

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First record of Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Colombia

Ramı́rez¹,

González²,

Sánchez³

2018

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“…Scarcity of prey can adversely affect the development, survival, and fecundity of lady beetles (Obrycki et al 1998, Agarwala et al 2001, Schüder et al 2004, and food deprivation seems to differently affect each insect species (Phoofolo et al 2008(Phoofolo et al , 2009). …”

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Effects of Food Deprivation on the Development of Coleomegilla maculata (De Geer) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Santos-Cividanes¹,

Anjos²,

Cividanes³

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Neotrop. entomol.

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The lady beetle Coleomegilla maculata (De Geer) is a natural enemy of several insect pests and feeds on pollen and nectar to survive periods when prey is scarce. The effect of the feeding interval on the development, survival, fecundity, and longevity of C. maculata was determined. Newly hatched larvae of C. maculata were reared individually and fed with eggs of the Mediterranean lour moth Anagasta kuehniella (Zeller) at intervals of one, two, and three days under controlled conditions (23 ± 1 o C; 60 ± 10% RH; 12 h phtophase). The duration of larval instars and the total larval stage was prolonged as the feeding interval increased. The larval period lasted on average 9.2  0.19 days when the larvae were fed daily with prey, and 14.6  0.48 days when food was offered at three-day intervals. There was an inverse relationship between food intervals, survival, and weight of larvae and adults of the coccinellid. Survival rate of larvae fed daily was 76.8%, while the rate was 50.0% and 23.4% for larvae fed every two and three days, respectively. Coleomegilla maculata showed fecundity of 781.1 ± 149.02, 563.4 ± 80.81 and 109.0 ± 103.0 eggs when fed daily and at intervals of two and three days, respectively.

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Prey Consumption and Oviposition of the Aphidophagous PredatorMenochilus sexmaculatus(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Relation to Prey Density and Adult Size

Cited by 40 publications

References 33 publications

Life history response of a predatory ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), to food stress

Life history response of a predatory ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), to food stress

First record of Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Colombia

Effects of Food Deprivation on the Development of Coleomegilla maculata (De Geer) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

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