Influence of Experience on Acceptance of Artificial Oviposition Substrates in Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)

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1990
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Prokopy, Ronald J.
Green, Thomas A.
Wong, Tim T.Y.
McInnis, Donald O.
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Hawaiian Entomological Society
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Naive, non-irradiated, laboratory-reared Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) females from a colony in culture for more than 300 generations had a much greater propensity than naive wild-origin C. capitata females to attempt opposition in 100 mm diameter hollow pre-punctured plastic yellow spheres used in collecting C. capitata eggs. Ovipositional experience of lab-cultured females for 3 days with host fruit caused a reduction in propensity to bore into the spheres. Nonetheless, this propensity remained greater than that of naive or fruit-experienced wild-origin females. Our findings therefore suggest consideration of the nature of prior ovipositional experience of C. capitata when using artificial egg-collecting devices.
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Prokopy RJ, Green TA, Wong TTY, McInnis DO. 1990. Influence of experience on acceptance of artificial oviposition substrates in Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann). Proc Hawaiian Entomol Soc 30:91-95.
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