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Effect of Three Feeding Diets on Some Biological Aspects of The Black Earwig Chelisoches morio (Dermaptera:Chelisochidae).

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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PLANT PROTECTION

Abstract

Laboratory experiments were conducted to study the effect of three diets on some biological aspects when the black earwig, Chelisoches morio feeds on newly deposited eggs, and first larval instar of the cotton leaf worm, ground cat's dry food and newly deposited eggs of the red palm weevil. Results indicated that the eggs incubation periods of Ch. morio were 6.62, 7.33 and 9.00 days by rearing on the three diets, respectively. A single mated female deposited 95.62, 80.93 and 120.03 eggs per female by rearing on the three diets, respectively. The hatchability percentage among the deposited eggs reached 87.11, 88.22 and 86.11%, respectively. The longest duration was that of the 4th instars (24.7 days), when feeding took place on RPW eggs, while the shortest period was 7.2 days, for the first instar by feeding also on RPW egg. The sex-ratios of females (%) were 60, 56 and 64% females, respectively. The pre-oviposition period of the females was 30.69, 35.27 and 33.01 days, while the oviposition period was 67.54, 56.06 and 55.03 days, for the same treatment, respectively. The post-oviposition was 52.23, 31.00 and 46.00 days, respectively. Nymphs of the 4th instar fed on 329.8 eggs of RPW, being the highest voracious feeder as compared to the first three nymphal instars which consumed the means of 11.1, 65.9 and 166.0 individuals, respectively. The feeding capacity of adults was 1223.6 for males and 1357.4 for females indicating that females were more voracious than male. The study recommends feeding on RPW eggs in mass rearing of the black earwig for biological control.

DOI

10.21608/assjm.2024.244745.1251

Keywords

Earwig, Chelisoches morio, Red palm weevil, feeding capacity, biology

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Bardan

MiddleName

Abdulsamad

Affiliation

Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University

Email

ahmedabdulsamad1992@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Naglaa

Last Name

Abdel-Hamied

MiddleName

Fkry

Affiliation

Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University

Email

naglaafkry@yahoo.com

City

Benha

Orcid

-

First Name

Adel

Last Name

Hafez

MiddleName

Abd-Elhamied

Affiliation

Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University

Email

adel.hafez@fagr.bu.edu.eg

City

Tokh

Orcid

-

First Name

Fawzy

Last Name

Shalaby

MiddleName

Faiek

Affiliation

Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University

Email

fawzy.shalaby@fagr.bu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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-

Volume

61

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

47574

Issue Date

2023-12-01

Receive Date

2023-10-26

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

755

Page End

760

Print ISSN

1110-0419

Online ISSN

2974-4830

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366,651

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841

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Publication Title

Annals of Agricultural Science, Moshtohor

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https://assjm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of Three Feeding Diets on Some Biological Aspects of The Black Earwig Chelisoches morio (Dermaptera:Chelisochidae).

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24 Dec 2024