Influence of Water and Previous Food on the Longevity of Unfed Larvae of Coleomegilla maculata lengi1
- 1 February 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 54 (1) , 194-195
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/54.1.194
Abstract
First-instar larvae lived 16% longer when given drinking water and about 300% longer when given 5% sucrose solution. All other instars reared on either powdered corn leaf aphids or brewer''s yeast lived longer when given water. Without water, aphid-reared larvae lived longer than yeast-reared larvae possibly because they contained more water and were better able to withstand desiccation.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: