Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1980 |
Authors: | R. I. Alfaro, Borden J. H. |
Journal: | Canadian Entomologist |
Volume: | 112 |
Pagination: | 1259 - 1270 |
Abstract: | The predatory behavior of Lonchaea corticis Taylor on the white pine weevil, Pissodes strobi Peck, in Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr., was studied by temporal sampling and dissection of terminal leaders, and by laboratory experiments. L. corticis oviposition occurred when mining P. strobi larvae were consolidating the feeding ring, an event that segregates the weevil larvae into healthy front-feeders and weak, starving "followers." The number of L. corticis within a Sitka spruce terminal was highly correlated with the number of weak and dying P. strobi larvae, but not with healthy larvae. |