Temporal and numerical patterns of reproductive behavior in the southern green stink bug, nezara viridula (hemiptera: pentatomidae)
1980
HARRIS, VIVIENNE E. | Todd, James W.
Through hourly observations of 370 individuals in two 11-day test periods, the temporal and numerical patterns of mating and oviposition behavior in Nezara viridula (L.) were investigated in the laboratory. There was large variation in copulatory durations (1-165 hr), number of copulations per individual (1-9), and time in copulo prior to oviposition (1-176 hr). Number of copulations and mean copulatory duration were negatively correlated for both sexes. Number of copulations was positively correlated with percent of total test time spent mating. Neither males nor females exhibited definitive refractory periods. Oviposition followed a marked diel periodicity.
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