Florida Entomologist (2013) 96, 1606-1608

Oulimathe Paraiso, Stephen D. Hight, Moses T.K. Kairo and Stephanie Bloem (2013)
Notes on the ovipositional behavior of Trichogramma fuentesi (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), an egg parasitoid of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Florida Entomologist 96 (4), 1606-1608
Abstract: Our study characterized host searching and oviposition ability of T. fuentesi. In general, female wasps walked to a C. cactorum egg, drummed over the surface, drilled into the chorion, and deposited an egg. Grooming and resting behaviors were observed infrequently and host feeding was never recorded. In a typical observation period of 60 min with eggs of the exotic C. cactorum, female parasitoids spent 16% of their time drumming, 4% drilling, and 8% egg laying into the selected host. Most of the oviposition behaviors happened in the first hour.
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Database assignments for author(s): Stephen D. Hight, Moses T.K. Kairo

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Cactoblastis cactorum		U.S.A. (SE)
Trichogramma fuentesi (parasitoid)	Cactoblastis cactorum		U.S.A. (SE)