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JOURNAL OF STORED PRODUCTS RESEARCH
卷 46, 期 1, 页码 38-42出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2009.08.002
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Checkered beetles; Copra beetle; Scavenger; Culture methods; Cannibalism
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- USDA CSREES
- Kansas Agricultural Experiment Research Experiment Station
A new protocol for mass-rearing the redlegged ham beetle, Necrobia rufipes De Geer, in the laboratory is described, that facilitates the production of large numbers of insects with minimal handling. A culture medium comprised of finely ground (150 mu m) dried fish, dry dog food and pieces of dried cured ham was tested on N. rufipes. This rearing medium produced significantly larger population numbers when compared with a range of published and unpublished methods. When reared on this medium with initial colonies of 200 mixed sex adult beetles, there was more than a three-fold increase in N. rufipes adult populations from the original numbers over a 7-8 week period. This simple procedure minimizes cannibalism as the larvae were shifted into glass vials for pupal cell formation. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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