Successful mating, oviposition, and complete generation rearing of the multivoltine black fly Simulium decorum (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the laboratory
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 56 (6) , 1223-1225
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-172
Abstract
Adults of the autogenous, multivoltine black fly Simulium decorum Walker were reared from field larvae and induced to mate and oviposit approximately 100 fertile eggs in the laboratory. Two of seven F1 females reared from these eggs mated but neither oviposited. Vision, age, and olfaction appear important for mating in both sexes. Preliminary experience suggests that colonization of this species is feasible.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Sex Pheromones and Mating Behavior of Culiseta inornata (Diptera: Culicidae)Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1966
- Feeding and related behavior of female Simuliidae (Diptera)Experimental Parasitology, 1964