DemographyofHabrobraconhebetor(Say)(Hymenoptera:Braconidae)on twopyralid host species [Galleria mellonella (L.) and Ephestia kuehniella Zeller] (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) was studied at 28 C in the laboratory. Data were analyzed based on an age-stage, two-sex life table, to take both sexes and variable development into consideration. The intrinsic rate of increase (r), Þnite rate of increase ( ),...

The suitability of ten diets for the development and reproduction of Franklinothrips orizabensis Johansen, the key natural enemy of Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara, a pest of California grown avocados, was determined in the laboratory. The experimental diets evaluated were: (i) irradiated Ephestia kuehniella Zeller eggs; (ii) irradiated E. kuehniella eggs and avocado pollen; (iii) Tetranychus pac...

This paper describes a new adaptation of a cognitive vision system in biology field. Our goal is to monitor Trichogramma activities from image sequence. More precisely we aim at recognizing several scenarios of the parasitoid behavior when it parasites the eggs of the Mediterranean flour moth Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (crops-harmful butterfly). The main advantage of our current work is the use...

This study was conducted to determine the insecticidal activity of essential oils from oregano, Origanum onites L. (Lamiales: Lamiaceae), savory, Satureja thymbra L. (Lamiales: Lamiaceae), and myrtle, Myrtus communis L. (Rosales: Myrtaceae) against three stored-product insects. Essential oils from three species of plants were obtained by Clevenger-type water distillation. The major compounds in...

Ephestia kuehniella üretiminde uygun besin kullanılması kitle üretim için oldukça önemlidir. Bu çalışmada kuehniella’nın bazı biyolojik özellikleri kontrol (500 g buğday unu, +500 kepeği), ve besinde unu miktarı sabit tutularak oluşturulan 1 nolu (250 kepeği +250 mısır unu), 2 (225 +225 + 50 balık 3 (213 +212 75 nbalık 4 (200 +200 100 unu) 5 (188 +188 125 6 (175 +175 150 besinlerde karşılaştırı...