Behaviours of teak beehole borer (Xyleutes ceramicus Walker) at Mae Gar seed orchard, Changwat Phayao [Thailand]
1991
Supachote Eungwijarnpanya
Moth started emerging at the end of February through the end of March, the peak of emerging time was around 5-7 p.m. The male moth responsed to black light and blue light more than female. The female mating call was performed by raising abdominal tip and fluttering, male responded to this calling by fluttering and crawling to female. Female copulated only once but male could copulate twice. The average number of eggs produced and laid was 15,652 and 12,082 respectively. The hatching percentage is about 82. The larvae lived in the stem of teak and made tunnel upward into the wood and pupated at the end of the tunnel and positioned by its head directed downward to the exit hole. There are many natural enemies attacking the beehole borer such as the parasitic tachinid fly (Cossidophaga atkinsoni) and other predators e.g. ants (Crematogaster spp.), preying mantids, lizards and cockroaches
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