Acta Entomologica Sinica (1964) 13, 765-767

Hwang Guan-huei (1964)
[The effects of flight on sexual maturation and reproduction of the Oriental Migratory Locust, Locusta migratoria manilensis Meyen]
Acta Entomologica Sinica 13 (5), 765-767
Abstract: Groups of 7-day-old gregarious females of Locusta migratoria manilensis were subjected to stimulated flight for periods varying from 2½-7½ hours. In comparison with control insects, the fliers had larger eggs and ovarioles, and laid their eggs slightly earlier. Their egg-laying capacity, (that is, number of eggs laid per locust), was not markedly different from that of the controls. Flight appears to have the effect of definitely promoting sexual maturation.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied from Acridological Abstracts with permission by NRI, Univ. of Greenwich at Medway.)

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Locusta migratoria