Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Oct 1994
Artificial Diets for Third Instar Japanese Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Artificial Diets for Third Instar Japanese Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
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Page Range: 585 – 589
Of four diets tested, one based on lima beans and casein was selected as the best and easiest for rearing third instars of Japanse beetles, Popillia japonica Newman. The diet gave the best survival and heaviest pupae and was previously used for rearing larvae of the New Zealand grass grub, Costelytra zealandica (White).
Keywords: Japanese beetle;
Popillia japonica
; artificial diets; larvae
Copyright: © 1994 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.
Contributor Notes
2Present address: Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, P. O. Box 651, Bundaberg 4670, Australia.
Accepted: 25 Aug 1994