Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Analysis of the aggregation behavior in the larvae ofHarmonia axyridis Pallas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to prey colony

  • Published:
Researches on Population Ecology

Summary

The searching and handling behaviors ofHarmonia axyridis larvae to the colony ofRhopalosiphum padi were experimentally examined and the processes of their aggregation to the prey colony was analyzed.

All the instar larvae searched for the prey at random and they have no preference to the prey colony, but except the 1st instar they tend to aggregate to the plants with prey colonies. The 1st instar larvae tend to stay on the plants they once located. The 2nd to 4th instar larvae often emigrate from the plants without prey colony but seldom emigrate from the plants with prey colonies, and consequently, they aggregate to the plants with prey colonies. The expense of time to eat prey (in the 2nd and 3rd instars) and the change of searching behavior for the prey after feeding (in the 3rd and 4th instars) are responsible for the larval concentration to prey colony as a trapping effect for predators to prey colony.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Banks, C.J. (1954) The searching behaviour of coccinellid larvae.Brit. J. Anim. Behav.2: 37–38.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Banks, C.J. (1956) The distribution of coccinellid egg batches and larvae in relation to numbers ofAphis fabae Scop. onVicia faba.Bull. Ent. Res.47: 47–56.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Banks, C.J. (1957) The behaviour of individual coccinellid larvae on plants.Brit. J. Anim. Behav.5: 12–24.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dixon, A.F.G. (1959) An experimental study of the searching behaviour of the predatory coccinellid beetleAdalia decempunctata (L.).J. Anim. Ecol.28: 259–281.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fleschner, C.A. (1950) Studies on searching capacity of three predators of the citrus red mite.Hirgardia20: 233–265.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hassell, M.P. (1966) Evaluation of parasite or predator responses.J. Anim. Ecol.35: 65–75.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Holling, C.S. (1959) Some characteristics of simple types of predation and parasitism.Can. Ent.91: 385–398.

    Google Scholar 

  • Holling, C.S. (1961) Principles of insect predation.Ann. Rev. Ent.6: 163–182.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kaddou, I.K. (1960) The feeding behaviour ofHippodamia quinquesignatata (Kirby) larvae.Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol.16: 181–232.

    Google Scholar 

  • Putman, W.L. (1955) Bionomics ofStethorus punctillumWeise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Ontario,Can. Ent.87: 9–33.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Solomon, M.E. (1949) The natural control of animal populations.J. Anim. Ecol.18: 1–35.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Solomon, M.E. (1964) Analysis of processes involved in the natural control of insects,Adv. Ecol. Res.2: 1–58.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. Akira Kawai

    Present address: Entomological Laboratory, Kyushu National Agricultural Experiment Station, 833, Chikugo, Fukuoka, Japan

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Entomological Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 606, Kyoto, Japan

    Akira Kawai

Authors
  1. Akira Kawai
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kawai, A. Analysis of the aggregation behavior in the larvae ofHarmonia axyridis Pallas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to prey colony. Res Popul Ecol 18, 123–134 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02754087

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02754087

Keywords

Search

Navigation