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Mating and Oviposition of Damselflies in the Laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Clifford Johnson
Clifford Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico
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Abstract

Methods and materials for colonizing damselflies (Ischnura) in the laboratory are described. Adults cease escape behavior in vision-proof cages. Females copulate only after first rejecting several would-be mates in succession and do not begin to oviposit until two to four hours afterwards. Artificial Du Pont sponges provide the best material for egg deposition. Methods of rearing large larval numbers are briefly described.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 97 , Issue 3 , March 1965 , pp. 321 - 326
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1965

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