Effect of pupation environment on the quality of pupae and adults of the Mediterranean fruit fly
1987
Hooper, G.H.S.
When mature larvae of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) pupated in bran rather than ‘naked' there was an increase in adult eclosion, but no difference in 9 day pupal weight, 9 day lipid content, or flight ability. There was no difference when pupation occurred at 20 or 25 °C. Pupation in sand at 20 °C caused severe mortality, while pupation in sand at 25 °C did not. Data are presented which favour naked pupation over pupation in any medium, and evidence is presented which indicates that collection of mature larvae in a rotary tumbler rather than by the conventional popping method is economically preferable and is without significant biologically adverse effects.
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