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L'élevage de la coccinelleSemiadalia undecimnotata Schn. dans différentes conditions thermiques nous a permis de préciser l'action de la température sur la physiologie des stades préimaginaux. Les relations linéaires entre la consommation alimentaire exprimée sous forme cumulée et le poids des individus, qui avaient été mises en évidence dans un travail antérieur ne sont pas modifiées par les variations de ce facteur physique du milieu. I1 en résulte qu'à l'égard de la température, la méthode d'estimation de la consommation alimentaire qui a été proposée dans une publication antérieure peut être utilisée pour estimer la prédation dans le milieu naturel.
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The larvae of the lady beetleSemiadalia undecimnotata Schneider have been reared under various thermic conditions (constant and alternate temperatures). We showed for every instar or only for the last one, that the length of the stage, the length of the feeding period, the daily or the total food consumption (in mg.), the gain of weight, and the top weight are depending on temperature. But the food consumption expressed in a cumulative form and the corresponding weight of the larvae show a constant ratio which is equal to the slope of the linear relations set up in a previous work. With respect to temperature, the method of estimation of larval food consumption which have been described in a former work, can be used to estimate the predatory efficiency of this species in natural conditions.
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Ferran, A., Larroque, M.M. Influence des facteurs abiotiques sur la physiologie alimentaire des larves de la coccinelle aphidiphage,Semiadalia undecimnotata [Col.: Coccinellidae] — I. Action de la température. Entomophaga 24, 403–410 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02374179
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