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10-Minute Paper

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

P-IE: Biological Control 1

Egg load influences on parasitoid activity patterns

Sunday, November 5, 2023
1:24 PM – 1:36 PM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor 2
In-Person

    Presenting Author(s)

  • Ryan Lee Paul

    Usda-Nifa Postdoctoral Fellow
    Oregon State University
    Albany, Oregon

    • Co-Author(s)

  • Jana C. Lee

    Research Entomologist
    USDA
    Corvallis, Oregon

Ecological theory predicts that insects should evolve behaviors which limit the likelihood of becoming egg limited. As a result, there has been a long-held assumption that egg load and foraging activity should be positively correlated. Using locomotor activity monitors, we tested this long-held assumption and determined whether this relationship held true for parasitoids of different life history. Furthermore, we manipulated the characteristics of female egg loads to determine whether the egg load and activity relationships were upheld.