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RELATION OF PARASITE ATTACK TO THE COLONIAL HABIT OF HYPHANTRIA CUNEA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. F. Morris
Affiliation:
Maritimes Forest Research Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, Fredericton, New Brunswick

Abstract

Parasitism of Hyphantria cunea Drury was measured over a 17-year period in a series of permanent study areas in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The percentage of colonies attacked by parasites was independent of both plant host and colony size, but the percentage of larvae attacked within colonies decreased in the larger colonies. For most parasite species the percentage of larvae attacked per colony was relatively constant, regardless of the percentage of the colonies attacked in any area or year. Thus the colonial habit of H. cunea imposes a limit on the overall degree of parasitism that can be achieved by most of the parasite species.

Résumé

Au cours d’une période de 17 ans, ou mesura l’action des parasites affectant les colonies larvaires d’Hyphantria cunea Drury, ce dans plusieurs aires permanentes d’études au Nouveau-Brunswick et en Nouvelle-Ecosse. Le pourcentage de colonies attaquées par des parasites était indépendent de la nature spécifique de la plante hôte et aussi indépendant de l’importance numérique de la colonie, mais dans les colonies plus grosses, le pourcentage de larves attaquées demeurait plus failbe. Presque chaque espèce de parasite attaquait un pourcentage à peu près égal de larves par colonies, sans égard au pourcentage de colonies attaquées n’importeooù, ou n’importe quelle année. Par conséquent, les habitudes coloniales de H. cunea imposent une limite au degré global de parasitisme par la plupart des espèces de parasites.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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