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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Oviposition preferences"”.
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Oviposition Preferences for Infusion-Baited Traps and Seasonal Abundance of Culex Mosquitoes in Southwestern Virginia
… Virginia to determine the bionomics and ovipositional preferences of Culex restuans Theobald and Culex pipiens Linnaeus using ovitraps and gravid traps. Both species have been implicated as enzootic and epizootic vectors of West Nile virus (WNV) and these studies provide information on …
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Effects of Felled Shortleaf Pine (Pinus Echinata Mill.) Moisture Loss on Oviposition Preferences and Survival of Sirex Nigricornis F. (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)
… lose moisture over time, and 2) determine oviposition preferences of <em>Sirex nigricornis</em> females in aging pine bolts. To complete these objectives, shortleaf pines were felled and moisture content was measured over a period of 45 days. Moisture content results were used to create …
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Influence of Detritus Levels and Organic Pollution on Interspecific Resource Competition, Oviposition Behavior, and Larval Survival of Two Tire-Inhabiting Mosquito Species (Diptera: Culicidae)
… chemicals associated with organic pollution on oviposition preferences and larval survival of both species, and the effects of resource limitation, interspecific density, and chemical pollution on interspecific competition between both species. I conducted field oviposition bioassays in tires …
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Ecology of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentitomidae): Oviposition on Different Trees, Nymphal Development on Various Vegetable Hosts, and Assessment of a Bacterial Pathogen
… nymphs on different vegetable hosts and on the oviposition preference of H. halys on common tree hosts in southwestern Virginia. To determine the effects of vegetable host on H. halys survival, nymphs were placed on one of five vegetable host plants and their corresponding vegetable fruit. …
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Oviposition behaviour of Neltumius arizonensis Schaeffer (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) : a biological control agent of Prosopis spp. in South Africa
… of this study was to examine and quantify the oviposition behaviour of N. arizonensis females under different conditions to determine whether eggs of conspecifics or of another bruchid species, Algarobius prosopis (LeConte), affected oviposition. Diet, the number of mates, the duration of …
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La Crosse Virus in Southwestern Virginia: Role of Exotic Mosquito Species and Effect of Virus Infection on Feeding
… and field studies were conducted to determine oviposition preferences, effect of virus infection on blood-feeding behavior, and compare the efficacy of various methods to determine minimum infection rates of vectors. In laboratory studies of oviposition preference, only Ae. japonicus …
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Undercover predators: Vegetation mediates foraging, trophic cascades, and biological control by omnivorous weed seed predators
… than others, depending on taxa-specific seed preferences, and that predation rates are minimal in environments entirely void of vegetation. Next, in Chapter 2, I examined the role of vegetative over in determining oviposition preferences of <em>Harpalus pensylvanicus </em>, the most common …