Laboratory Rearing of Common and Endangered Species of North American Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae)
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NorthAmerican tiger beetles (Cicindela spp. L.) have been reared in the laboratory for more than a century, and here we summarize the relevant literature to develop a general rearing protocol. We used this protocol to experimentally overwinter adults in the laboratory and observe variation in oviposition and fecundity among several species. Overwintering experiments, involving Þve North East North American Cicindela species with spring-fall life historiesÑCicindela repanda (Dejean), Cicindela hirticollis (Say), Cicindela purpurea (Olivier), Cicindela scutellaris (Say), and Cicindela tranquebarica (Herbst)Ñdemonstrated that both a long cooldown (20 to 4 C by a degree a day) and a short photoperiod (8:16 [L:D] h) maximized survival and minimized overwintering weight loss, which varied between species and sex. Observations of oviposition, larval abundance and larval development involving Þve Cicindela species with summer life histories revealed that Cicindela punctulata (Olivier) produced more Þrst-instar larvae than Cicindela abdominalis (F.), Cicindela dorsalisdorsalis(Say),Cicindelapuritana(Horn),orCicindelaunipunctata(F.)and thathighmortality due to accidental desiccation may be overcome by rearing larvae individually in tubes rather than in bins. We also present a Þrst account of larval rearing of the federally threatened species C. puritana and the northern MarthaÕs Vineyard population of the federally threatened species C. d. dorsalis. Notably, C. d. dorsalis produced fewer larvae than more common species reared in this study. We conclude that rearing large numbers of larvae is feasible with endangered as well as common species and we propose future improvements for rearing as part of conservation efforts.
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