Sentences with word «oviposition»

Because a habitat may contain related moth species that use the same flowers as nectar sources but different host plants to lay their eggs, the researchers would like to investigate whether odors that provide olfactory cues to identify the best oviposition sites activate similar areas in the antennal lobe of these moths, or whether the functional atlas of the brain is different in each species.

The ab3 sensillum seems to play a particularly important role when it comes to the insect's search for food or the best oviposition site.

The citrus fruit is an ideal oviposition substrate for the flies because the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina boulardii, which lays its eggs inside Drosophila larvae, is repelled by the odour of citrus.

Compounds that activated these particular sensory neurons induced oviposition.

For oviposition, the females use their strikingly long and serrated ovipositor to pierce the skin of fruits and berries and deposit their eggs.

Longevity, consumption and oviposition of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planiplennis) on novel hosts.

Pre-print: Axenic Aedes aegypti develop without live bacteria, but exhibit delayed development and reduced oviposition — Maria A Correa — bioRxiv

In a second step, the female integrates sensory information from chemostimulatory and chemodeterrent cues, together with other chemical (e.g., pH, alkalinity) and mechanical cues (7), to resolve whether the water container represents a suitable oviposition site.

Oviposition rates begin to increase shortly after sunset, peaking in the middle of the scotophase Fig 2.

Flea eggs accumulate in resting sites because oviposition and egg shedding peak at night, when domestic dogs and cats sleep.

Suitable and sufficient food sources for the hungry larvae and protection against predators and parasites are important selection criteria for the best oviposition substrates.

Interestingly, evolution has split the perception of odours into two channels: those that guide flies to their food source and those that elicit the oviposition behaviour.

These research results provide important information about the criteria that insects use to select an oviposition site that guarantees the improved development of their offspring.

In particular it will be exciting to learn what mechanisms during development lead to these sex and species differences in the eye, and what selection pressures — mate choice, foraging, oviposition — lead to these differences in Heliconius.»

Although some bacteria - associated cues induce oviposition at specific concentrations, the same cues at higher concentrations (e.g., tetradecanoic acid), or other cues produced by either the same or different bacteria (e.g., hexadecanoic acid methyl ester), deter oviposition.