2001
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.2001.00565.x
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Impact of antennectomy, eye blinding and tibial comb coating on the predatory behaviour of Rhynocoris kumarii Ambrose and Livingstone (Het., Reduviidae) on Spodoptera litura Fabr. (Lep., Noctuidae)

Abstract: The predaceous reduviid Rhynocoris kumarii uses its antennae, eyes and tibial comb to predate tobacco cutworm Spodoptera litura (Fabr). A delayed arousal response was observed in the antennectomized, eye blinded and tibial comb‐coated predators. The predators whose entire antennae had been removed showed significant delayed approach but the approach response was not affected significantly in the blinded and tibial comb‐coated reduviid predators. Capturing response was significantly affected in pedicel and enti… Show more

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“…Weevils were blinded using nontoxic Elmer's All Ceramic and Glass Cement mixed with lamp black nontoxic acrylic paint (Americana, Elmery's, Columbus, Ohio). Blinding insects by applying paint to their eyes has confirmed use of vision in silhouette location by common field grasshoppers Chorthippus brunneus Thunberg (Kral, 2008), as well as prey‐finding behaviour by a number of predaceous insects (Rossel, 1986; Awan et al , 1989; Claver & Ambrose, 2001). The glue–paint mixture was applied to the weevils' eyes using a synthetic 000 S/H round paintbrush (Winsor & Newton University Series, U.K).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Weevils were blinded using nontoxic Elmer's All Ceramic and Glass Cement mixed with lamp black nontoxic acrylic paint (Americana, Elmery's, Columbus, Ohio). Blinding insects by applying paint to their eyes has confirmed use of vision in silhouette location by common field grasshoppers Chorthippus brunneus Thunberg (Kral, 2008), as well as prey‐finding behaviour by a number of predaceous insects (Rossel, 1986; Awan et al , 1989; Claver & Ambrose, 2001). The glue–paint mixture was applied to the weevils' eyes using a synthetic 000 S/H round paintbrush (Winsor & Newton University Series, U.K).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…The sensory hairs of the forelegs (Putchkova 1979), tibial pads (Ables 1978), and antennal perception of kairomones and allomones (Rani & Wakamura 1993) play a major role in prey capturing. The six species of reduviids studied here predated by using their antennae, eyes, and tibial combs similar to Rhynocoris kumarii Ambrose & Livingstone (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) predating on Spodoptera litura (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (Claver & Ambrose 2001). The size of the predator relative to prey size plays a vital role in prey capture (Ambrose 1999).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The tree frog uses visual cues (Freed, 1988). The assassin bug uses visual (Sahayaraj, Martin, Selvaraj, & Raju, 2006; but see Jackson, Salm, & Nelson, 2010) and olfactory cues (Claver & Ambrose, 2001). Similar to frogs, the visual systems of assassin bugs and crab spiders are sensitive to broad ranges of wavelengths (Defrize et al., 2011; Reisenman & Lazzari, 2006).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%