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Provedor de dados: | 92
País: | Brazil
Título: | Selection of artificial hosts for oviposition by wild Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart) (Diptera, Tephritidae): influence of adult food and effect of experience
Autores: | Leal,Thamara A. B. S.; Zucoloto,Fernando S.
Data: | 2008-09-01
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Carbohydrate; Feeding behavior; Fruit flies; Induced preference; Oviposition behavior.
Resumo: | Several factors influence the selection of oviposition substrates by insects. The aim of the present work was to find answers to the following questions related to the oviposition behavior of Anastrepha obliqua. Can carbohydrates (glucose or sucrose) present in the adult diet have influence on the female preference for an oviposition substrate with similar composition? Can the previous experience with a host containing one of mentioned carbohydrates interfere in further selection of oviposition substrates? The results showed that the kind of carbohydrate present in the adult diet did not affect the female preference for an artificial oviposition substrate, neither when it was presented by itself nor in combination with brewer's yeast. The effect of experience in the oviposition behavior was observed when there was a previous contact with artificial oviposition substrates containing yeast and sucrose. The data are discussed in terms of the behavioral plasticity presented by this species in relation to feeding and oviposition behaviors.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262008000300023
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S0085-56262008000300023
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia  v.52 n.3 2008
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess