Courtship Behavior and Evidence for a Sex Pheromone in Diaeretiella rapae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), the Cabbage Aphid Primary Parasitoid
- 15 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 72 (6) , 749-750
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/72.6.749
Abstract
Pheromonal stimulation by the female elicited a distinctive courtship response from the male. The courtship behavior of male (5–65 s) was comprised of straightening of the antennae, rapid movement, opening and fanning of wings; copulation lasted 50–130 s. The female abdomen was the source of pheromonal secretion.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Observations on Courtship and Mating Behavior of Meteorus pulchricornis,1 a Gypsy Moth Parasitoid2Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1978