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Feeding responses of eastern spruce budworm larvae to sucrose and other carbohydrates

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Spruce budworm larvae reared on an artificial diet were tested for preference of twelve carbohydrates over a water control. A strong preference for sucrose was seen, followed by fructose, inositol, and glucose. Male and female larvae do not differ in their responses to sucrose. The behavioral threshold for sucrose is at 10−4 to 10−3 M, with a peak response in the range of 0.01 to 0.05 M sucrose.

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  1. Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., H4B 1R6, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    P. J. Albert & S. Parisella

  2. Department of Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 5401 Wilkens Avenue, 21228, Catonsville, Maryland

    C. Charley & F. Hanson

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Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

Work leading to this publication was funded in part by a USDA Forest Service sponsored program entitled “Canada/United States Spruce Budworms Program” (grant 23–352), and in part by the National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (operating grant A9723), and in part by the Whitehall Foundation.

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Albert, P.J., Charley, C., Hanson, F. et al. Feeding responses of eastern spruce budworm larvae to sucrose and other carbohydrates. J Chem Ecol 8, 233–239 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984019

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