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The influence of density-dependent factors on larval development in native and invasive populations of Harmonia axyridis (Pall.) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

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Effects of the number of larvae per Petri dish (1, 5, and 10) on the preimaginal development of individuals of the native (Irkutsk, southern Siberia) and invasive (Sochi, the Northern Caucasus) populations of the multicolored Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis were investigated in the laboratory. The experiments were conducted under short (12 h) and long (18 h) day conditions; the larvae were fed on the green peach aphid Myzus persicae or on the eggs of the grain moth Sitotroga cerealella. An increase in the number of larvae developed in one Petri dish resulted in a significant decrease in the rate of development in individuals from both populations which fed on aphids. Survival decreased with an increase in the number of larvae developed in one Petri dish fed on both prey species, but only in larvae from the invasive population of H. axyridis. The weight of emerging adults decreased with the number of larvae per dish in individuals from both study populations, but only when fed on aphids. These data suggest that the influence of density-dependent factors on the development of H. axyridis depends significantly on larval prey species. In addition, larvae from the invasive population have somewhat more aggressive interactions with competitors, this possibly having been one of the prerequisites for invasion.

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  1. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    S. Ya. Reznik & A. N. Ovchinnikov

  2. All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushkin, St. Petersburg, 196608, Russia

    N. A. Belyakova

  3. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    A. A. Ovchinnikova

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Original Russian Text © S.Ya. Reznik, N.A. Belyakova, A.N. Ovchinnikov, A.A. Ovchinnikova, 2017, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2017, Vol. 96, No. 9, pp. 1048–1053.

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Reznik, S.Y., Belyakova, N.A., Ovchinnikov, A.N. et al. The influence of density-dependent factors on larval development in native and invasive populations of Harmonia axyridis (Pall.) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Entmol. Rev. 97, 847–852 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873817070016

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