Monday, 27 October 2003
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This presentation is part of : Display Presentations, Section Cd. Behavior and Ecology

Mating requirements to maintain fertility in Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Melody Keena and Vicente Sánchez. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Northeastern Center for Forest Health Research, Hamden, CT

The effects of beetle age, and number and duration of copulations on weekly female fertility over her entire lifetime were assessed in a quarantine laboratory. Adults used in these studies came from three populations: Inner Mongolia, China; Queens, New York; and Chicago, Illinois.

Species 1: Coleoptera Cerambycidae Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian longhorned beetle)
Keywords: Mating behavior, fertility

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