Effects of host fecal pellet and synthetic kairomone on host‐searching and postoviposition behavior of Apanteles kariyai, a parasitoid of Pseudaletia separata
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
- Vol. 52 (3) , 221-227
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.1989.tb01271.x
Abstract
The response of female Apanteles kariyai (Watanabe) to a fecal pellet of its host, Pseudaletia separata (Walker) was observed in the laboratory. The arrestment response of A. kariyai to a fecal pellet was characterized by a reduction of walking speed and increased turning rate. During arrestment, A. kariyai turned back towards the fecal pellet several times after she had left it. Using patches impregnated with the synthetic kairomone 2,5‐dihexadecyltetrahydrofuran, it was determined that the time spent in arrestment response increased with increasing kairomone concentration but leveled off above 10−4 mg kairomone per patch. A. kariyai demonstrated two modes of arrestment response towards the patch (patch‐searching mode and patch‐edge‐following mode), which were dependent on the amount of kairomone per patch. During successive visits to the patch, walking speed increased whereas time spent and distance walked on the patch decreased. Postoviposition behavior of A. kariyai was also studied using the kairomone patch. Immediately after oviposition, the wasp did not respond to the kairomone stimuli or to a host and always walked away from the patch.Résumé: Influence d'un ‘fixateur’ sur le comportement de prospection et l'attitude après la ponte d' Apanteles kariyai, parasitoïde larvaire de Pseudaletia separataLa réponse des femelles d'A. kariyai Watanabe aux crottes de la chenille de P. separata Walker a été étudiée au laboratoire. L'effet fixateur sur A. kariyai d'une crotte est caractérisé par une réduction de la vitesse de marche et par des détours fréquents. Pendant la fixation, elle se retourne plusieurs fois vers la crotte qu'elle vient de quitter. Le temps passé en fixation croît avec la concentration de la source en kairomone synthétique (2,5‐dihexandécyltétrahydrofuran), jusqu'à 10−4 mg de kairomone par source. Suivant la concentration de la kairomone on observe 2 types de réactions de fixation par la source: la recherche de la source et le parcours du bord de la source. Au cours de visites successives à la source, la vitesse de déplacement augmente, tandis que le temps dépensé sur la source et la distance parcourue diminuent. Immédiatement après la ponte la femelle ne réagit plus à la kairomone ou à un hôte et s'éloigne de la source.Keywords
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