Olfactory orientation of the seven-spot ladybird beetle, Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Attraction of adults to plants and conspecific females

Title:

Olfactory orientation of the seven-spot ladybird beetle, Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Attraction of adults to plants and conspecific females

Creator:

Schaller, Mara and Nentwig, Wolfgang

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:973b59ee-c93c-455a-aa87-372b6ba90c51
uuid:973b59ee-c93c-455a-aa87-372b6ba90c51

Subject:

Coccinellidae, Coccinella septempunctata, olfaction, attractant, orientation, plant-predator interaction, olfactometer, Berberis vulgaris, and Tripleurospermum inodoratum

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

The olfactory orientation of the aphidophagous ladybird Coccinella septempunctata L. was assessed in a Y-tube olfactometer and a choice arena. The response of the predator to 22 plants, aphid prey and conspecifics was tested. The ladybird was attracted to the odour of chopped Berberis vulgaris L. leaves, and of Tripleurospermum inodoratum (L.) Sch.-Bip. flowerheads, and males were attracted to females. Methanol extracts of B. vulgaris leaves were also attractive.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2000 Volume:97 | Number:2

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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