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VOL. 5, ISSUE 4 (2023)
Use of the larvae of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in rearing of the spider Plexippus paykulli (Araneae: Salticidae)
Authors
Ahmed R Aly Taha, Hend T Abd-Elhalim
Abstract
This study was conducted with the aim of propagating the predatory
spider Plexippus paykulli in the laboratory after capturing it from one
of the old granaries. It was raised on a pest Tribolium castaneum inside the
food substance (flour), which the predator did not approach throughout the
breeding periods due to the difficulty of jumping on it. The predator did not
feed on the adult stages of the prey, but rather captured the larvae that
crawled out of the flour. Shows that the salticid spider Plexippus paykulli
goes through seven larval stages before reaching of the adult stage, the
duration of immature stages recorded these values (12.6, 13.9, 14.3, 10.1,
15.9, 21.5 and 15.2) for the instars from the first to seventh stage,
respectively. The daily number of prey was not large for each individual
predator during the immature stages, but it was enough to keep the predator
active to complete its life cycle. While it reached a large number 6.2 days
when the predator was adult.
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Pages:73-75
How to cite this article:
Ahmed R Aly Taha, Hend T Abd-Elhalim "Use of the larvae of the red flour beetle <i>Tribolium castaneum</i> (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in rearing of the spider <i>Plexippus paykulli</i> (Araneae: Salticidae)". International Journal of Agriculture and Plant Science, Vol 5, Issue 4, 2023, Pages 73-75
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