Reproductive Biology of Fidiobia dominica (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), an Egg Parasitoid of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Patterns and Consequences of Mating Behavior of the Root Weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

“…Field-caught D. abbreviatus females can lay over 11,000 eggs during their lifetime (Nigg et al 2004;Wolcott 1936). Although a variety of control methods have been or are currently being tested (Ulmer et al 2006;Duncan et al 2007), none is entirely satisfactory, and this species is still spreading in the United States.…”

The parasitoid complex associated with the invasive swede midge, Contarinia nasturii Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Europe : prospects for classical biological control in North America

“…We found that adult S. myles were relatively short-lived (2-12 days in the laboratory), but that the longevity of both males and females was increased if they had access to sugar. An increase in longevity with access to sugar has been reported for most Hymenopteran parasitoids (Duncan et al 2007;Jervis and Kidd 1986;Keller and Schweizer 1994;Onagbola et al 2007) and suggests that, in nature, female S. myles are likely to search for both hosts and carbohydrate resources (i.e. nectar from flowering plants).…”