Mass Oviposition and Egg Development of the Ocean-Skater Halobates sobrinus (Heteroptera: Gerridae)
| dc.contributor.author | Cheng, Lanna | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pitman, Robert L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-09-24T06:59:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-09-24T06:59:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We report the first observation of mass oviposition by the ocean-skater Halobates sobrinus White in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. We netted, in one scoop, 833 insects and a single egg mass with an estimated 70,000 eggs on a plastic gallon (3.785-liter) milk jug. Evidently anthropogenic debris could provide potentially important oviposition substrates for Halobates spp. in the open ocean. Freshly laid eggs incubated at 26-32°C hatched within 8-10 days. Eggs kept at temperatures below 22°C did not hatch even after 20 days. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Cheng L, Pitman RL. 2002. Mass oviposition and egg development of the ocean-skater Halobates sobrinus (Heteroptera: Gerridae). Pac Sci 56(4): 441-445. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0030-8870 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2628 | |
| dc.language.iso | en-US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Hawai'i Press | |
| dc.title | Mass Oviposition and Egg Development of the Ocean-Skater Halobates sobrinus (Heteroptera: Gerridae) | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text |