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Responses to Light and Influence of Light and Temperature on Locomotion of the Crawler of the Balsam Woolly Aphid, Adelges piceae (Ratz.) (Homoptera: Phylloxeridae), and of Insect Predators of this Species1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

B. C. Smith
B. C. Smith
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Belleville, Ontario
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This is a report on observations made in the field and in the laboratory in 1954 and 1955 at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on the responses to light and influences of light and temperature on the locomotory activities of introduced insect predators and the motile first-instar larva, or crawler, of the balsam woolly aphid, Adelges piceae (Ratz.). Adults and larvae of the predators were observed in the field and tests were conducted with adults in the laboratory. The species studied were Aphidecta obliterata (L.) and Pullus impexus (Muls.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Cremifania nigrocellulata Cz. and Neoleucopis obscura (Hal.) (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) , and Laricobius erichsonii Rosenh. (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). The work is part of an investigation on factors influencing the searching abilities of the predators.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 90 , Issue 4 , April 1958 , pp. 193 - 201
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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References

Balch, R. E. 1952. Studies of the balsam wooly aphid, Adelges piceae (Ratz.) and its effects on balsam fir, Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. Canada Dept. Agr. Pub. 867.Google Scholar
Smith, B. C., and Coppel, H. C.. In preparation. Releases in North America and reviews of bionomics in Europe of insect predators of the balsam wooly aphid, Adelges piceae (Ratz.) (Homoptera: Phylloxeridae).Google Scholar
Smith, B. C. In preparation. Development, feeding habits, and predator-prey relations of insect predators of the balsam wooly aphid, Adelges piceae (Ratz.) (Homoptera: Phylloxeridae), recently introduced into Canada.Google Scholar