Host Location Behavior by the Tachinid,
Lixophaga diatraeae12

Roth, J. P.; King, E. G.; Thompson, A. C.

doi:10.1093/ee/7.6.794

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“…Thus, B. parallela females may be attracted and arrested by host frass on the ground. Similar kairomonal activity of host frass has been demonstrated in the tachinid species, Lydella grisescens R-D (Hsiao et al, 1966), Lixophaga diatraeae (Townsend) (Roth et al, 1978;Thompson et al, 1983), Eucelatoria bryani Sabrosky (Nettles, 1982), and Linnaemya comta (Fallén) (Clement et al, 1986, as Bonnetia comta).…”

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“…In some tachinid flies, attraction to odor from healthy and damaged plants has been demonstrated (Nettles, 1980;Roth et al, 1982;Roland, 1986;Roland et al, 1989Roland et al, , 1995Mondor and Roland, 1997;Kainoh et al, 1999;Stireman, 2002). Kairomones in the host frass have been shown to induce oviposition and larviposition by tachinid flies (Hsiao et al, 1966;Roth et al, 1978;Nettles, 1982;Thompson et al, 1983;Clement et al, 1986). E. japonica employs chemicals derived from host frass as arrestants in host location (Tanaka et al, 2001) However, most of the behavior and ecology of parasitoids including tachinids has been studied in the laboratory (Godfray, 1994;Quicke, 1997;Casas, 2000).…”

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Oviposition behavior of the parasitoid fly, Bessa parallela (Meigen) (Diptera: Tachinidae), in the field

Ichiki

Nakamura

Takasu

et al. 2006

Appl. Entomol. Zool.

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The oviposition behavior of the gregarious tachinid fly, Bessa parallela (Meigen), on Pryeria sinica Moore larvae was studied in a wooded area in Fukuoka, Japan, to increase our knowledge of tachinid behavior in the field. Most B. parallela females were observed to approach or oviposit on P. sinica larvae on the ground, while in contrast only one female was found on a tree and did not oviposit. When hosts on the ground and trees were collected and examined, the number of hosts bearing tachinid eggs was significantly larger for hosts collected on the ground than on trees. When the parasitized hosts collected in the field were reared in the laboratory, the survival rates of B. parallela were not significantly different between hosts collected on the ground and those on trees. In the field, B. parallela females deposited more eggs on the head and thorax of P. sinica larvae than on other body parts.

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Oviposition behavior of the parasitoid fly, Bessa parallela (Meigen) (Diptera: Tachinidae), in the field

Ichiki

Nakamura

Takasu

et al. 2006

Appl. Entomol. Zool.

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“…Parasitoids may respond differently to hosts and their products when hosts are fed on different diets (84,107,136,142,169). Perhaps this way natural enemies assess plant-related herbivore suitability.…”

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Ecology of Infochemical Use by Natural Enemies in a Tritrophic Context

Vet¹,

Dicke²

1992

Annu. Rev. Entomol.

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KEY WORDS:predators, parasitoids, searching behavior, learning, evolutionary theory, integrated pest management PERSPECTIVES AND OVERVIEW Parasitoids and predators of herbivores have evolved and function within a multitrophic context. Consequently, their physiology and behavior are influenced by elements from other trophic levels such as their herbivore victim (second trophic level) and its plant food (first trophic level) (126). Natural enemies base their foraging decisions on information from these different trophic levels, and chemical information plays an important role. This review is restricted to the ecology of chemical information from the first and second trophic levels. The importance of so-called infochemicals, a subcategory of semiochemicals, in foraging by parasitoids and predators has been well documented (e.g. reviewed in 31,78,111,183,185), and we do not intend repeat the details. But because of a lack of testable hypotheses, all this research is conducted rather haphazardly: the total puzzle of infochemical use has not been solved for any natural enemy species. Here we approach the use of infochemicals by natural enemies from an evolutionary and ecological standpoint. Our basic concept is that information from the first and second trophic levels differs in availability and in reliability, a difference that shapes the way infochemicals are used by a species. We generate hypotheses on (a) 141

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“…It was not until papers by Price et al (1980), Vinson (1981), and Barbosa and Saunders (1985) that the more direct role of plants in mediating the step of host/prey location was considered. Initial studies suggested only that insect-derived attractants (kairomones) were affected by the plant diet of the host or prey (e.g., Roth et al, 1978;Sauls et al, 1979;Loke et al, 1983). For instance, parasitoid females tend to respond more strongly to feces from host larvae that have fed on their customary host plant than to feces from larvae fed on an artificial diet (Roth et al, 1978;Sauls et al, 1979;Mohyuddin et al, 1981;Nordlund and Sauls, 1981).…”

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confidence: 99%