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Notes on Rearing a Pupal Endoparasite, Pimpla turionellae (L.) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), on Unnatural Food1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Joan F. Bronskill  and
H. L. House
Joan F. Bronskill
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Belleville, Ont.
H. L. House
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Belleville, Ont.
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Eggs of the ichneumonid endoparasite Pimpla turionellae (L.) were observed by Bronskill to develop and hatch in physiological saline solution. This raised the question whether the larvae could be reared on unnatural food. Early attempts (Simmonds, 1944) to rear ichneumonid ectoparasites on nutritive gelatin slopes and raw beef were unsuccessful. Heuristic attempts at Belleville have succeeded in raising a small number on such a food.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 89 , Issue 10 , October 1957 , pp. 483
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1957

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