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MOISTURE CONTENT AND NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF LABORATORY DIETS FOR THE MIGRATORY GRASSHOPPER, MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

K. S. McKinlay  and
R. L. Randell
K. S. McKinlay
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
R. L. Randell
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Abstract

Feeding studies showed that survival to adult and adult body weight were much reduced when colonies of the migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius), were reared on a diet of fresh lettuce alone. This was largely due to the high moisture content of the fresh lettuce. Dried-lettuce meal, bran, or alfalfa meal as supplements to increase the intake of solids improved survival and body weight very markedly.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 5 , May 1971 , pp. 657 - 661
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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