Effect of color properties on the selection of oviposition site by Ceratitis capitata
1986
Katsoyannos, B.I. | Panagiotidou, K. | Kechagia, I.
In laboratory experiments of the choice type, wild Mediterranean fruit flies, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), originating from infested figs collected in the island of Chios, Greece, showed strong preference for oviposition in black, blue and red colored ceresin wax domes 18 mm in diameter. Green and orange domes were less preferred, while yellow and white domes received the least number of eggs when a preferred color was present. The observed preference for certain colors was found to depend on both the color hue and the intensity of the total reflected light (brightness), while the degree the colored domes contrasted with the background had little if any effect. The females visited the domes of the preferred colors most frequently, which indicates that some selection occurred before arrival on the domes.
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