Oviposition strategy of the green lacewing Chrysoperla rufilabris (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in response to extraguild prey availability

Title:

Oviposition strategy of the green lacewing Chrysoperla rufilabris (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in response to extraguild prey availability

Creator:

Fréchette, Bruno and Coderre, Daniel

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:d61bd7a4-0143-4e6d-9a79-b01830e8a614
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Subject:

oviposition strategy, green lacewing, Chrysoperla rufilabris, Chrysopidae, sibling cannibalism, hatching synchrony, parental investment, and aphid availability

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

The capacity of the green lacewing Chrysoperla rufilabris (Burmeister) to modify its oviposition strategy in response to extraguild prey availability in an oviposition site was studied. Gravid females were placed in presence and absence of aphids. Fecundity, fertility, dispersion and hatching synchrony were compared. Results indicate a statistical difference in the hatching synchrony of eggs. However, no statistical differences were observed in the proportion of infertile eggs and in egg dispersion. We suggest that C. rufilabris can alter hatching synchrony of eggs in condition of food scarcity in order to favour intra-clutch egg cannibalism by newly hatched larvae and thus increase its overall reproductive success.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2000 Volume:97 | Number:4

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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