Agricultural and Forest Entomology (2005) 7, 145-151

Sarah L. Bates and John H. Borden (2005)
Life table for Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae) and prediction of damage in lodgepole pine seed orchards
Agricultural and Forest Entomology 7 (2), 145-151
Abstract: 1 Fecundity, egg hatch and nymphal survivorship of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann were determined and used to develop a damage prediction formula for seed bugs in lodgepole pine seed orchards.
2 A single overwintered L. occidentalis female may lay up to 80 eggs during early and mid-season cone development.
3 Up to 83.4% of eggs that were attached to branches with tape hatched successfully, compared with 53.5% of eggs attached to needles with wire. Egg parasitism was only observed in egg masses attached with wire.
4 Egg masses attached with wire suffered approximately 30% mortality from parasitism, primarily by Gryon pennsylvanicum (Ashmead).
5 Approximately 15.1 and 2.5% of first instars survived to adulthood in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Survival of caged nymphs that were protected from predators was 14.5 and 17.8%, respectively.
6 A composite survival table indicated that 9.3% of eggs laid by L. occidentalis are expected to survive to adulthood.
7 Based on previously determined damage estimates for each life stage of feeding during three periods of cone development, a hypothetical density of one seed bug per tree early in the season will result in an expected seed loss of approximately 310 seeds.
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Database assignments for author(s): John H. Borden

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
damage/losses/economics
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Leptoglossus occidentalis	Pine (Pinus)
Hadronotus pennsylvanicus (parasitoid)	Leptoglossus occidentalis	Pine (Pinus)