Effect of Crowding on Larvae and Pupae of the Greasy Cutworm Agrotis ipsilon Hfn. (Lepid.: Noctuidae)
- 12 January 1972
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie
- Vol. 72 (1-4) , 220-223
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0418.1972.tb02238.x
Abstract
The density of the larvae of Agrotis ipsilon in laboratory cultures induced biological and physiological differences. Larvae kept in isolation or in small groups (3 larvae per cage) had a shorter larval and pupal periods than those reared in crowding conditions, but development of instars varied in a characteristic manner.The effect of crowding on the weights of the larvae and pupae was significant. The pupal weights from crowded larvae were less indicating a loss of fecundity.Crowding increased the percentage of larval mortality, especially in last instars. The larvae were well fed and so the increase in death rates were presumably due to the lack of space and to bacterial infections during the later larval instars.Zusammenfassung: Crowding‐Effekte bei Agrotis ipsilon Hfn.Die Größe der Larvendichte von A. ipsilon bei Laborzuchten verursachte biologische und physiologische Unterschiede. Einzelne oder in Gruppen zu 3 gehaltene Larven hatten eine kürzere Larven‐ und Puppenentwicklung als solche, die in größerer Zahl zusammengehalten wurden. Dabei war die Entwicklungszeit je nach Stadium charakteristisch verschieden. Aus “Crowding”‐Larven entstandene Puppen waren leichter und führten zu geringerer Fruchtbarkeit der Falter.Crowding steigerte den Prozentsatz der Raupenmortalität vor allem bei den älteren Larven. Da die Nahrung reichlich war, muß diese Wirkung auf Raummangel und Erhöhung von Infektionskrankheiten beruhen.Keywords
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