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AN APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING DIETS RAPIDLY DURING ARTIFICIAL FEEDING OF SUCKING INSECTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. G. Friend  and
J. J. B. Smith
W. G. Friend
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
J. J. B. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
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Abstract

An apparatus is described which permits either continuous or interrupted flow of diet under a membrane through which piercing and sucking insects can feed. The flow does not affect feeding behaviour while allowing a replacement of one diet by another which is 99% effective in less than 2 sec, using approximately 2 ml of diet. Monitoring electrical conductivity of a diet at the feeding membrane permits quantitative evaluation of exchange efficiency. Use of this apparatus in experiments on dietary requirements and mass-rearing are discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 15 - 20
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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