Dietary-Induced Secretion of Sex Pheromone and Development of Sexual Behavior in the Stahle Fly12
1977; Oxford University Press; Volume: 6; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/ee/6.6.895
ISSN1938-2936
AutoresRoger W. Meola, R. L. Harris, Shirlee M. Meola, Delbert D. Oehler,
Tópico(s)Insect behavior and control techniques
ResumoWhen stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), were fed daily meals of citrated bovine blood or a glucose-saline mixture (Gatorade™), only the blood-fed flies produced cuticular hydrocarbons which are the female sex pheromone. Furthermore, only the blood diet induced sexual behavior. Male blood-fed flies displayed copulatory behavior when paired with female blood-fed flies, whereas male Gatorade flies were unresponsive to pheromone stimulation. Female Gatorade flies treated with sex pheromone extract were also attractive to male blood-fed flies, but were unreceptive to insemination despite male copulatory activity.
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