PRIOR EXPERIENCE AFFECTS THE VISUAL ABILITY OF RHAGOLETIS-POMONELLA FLIES (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE) TO FIND HOST FRUIT

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作者
PROKOPY, RJ
BERGWEILER, C
GALARZA, L
SCHWERIN, J
机构
[1] Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003, Massachusetts
关键词
RHAGOLETIS-POMONELLA; LEARNING; OVIPOSITION; VISION; ODOR;
D O I
10.1007/BF01997438
中图分类号
Q96 [昆虫学];
学科分类号
摘要
Females of the apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, were allowed for 3 days to alight upon and oviposit in green or red 18- to 20-mm hawthorn host fruit (Crataegus mollis) or green or red 45- to 55-mm apple host fruit (Malus pumila) hung from branches of potted host trees in field enclosures. Subsequently, when females were released individually on potted host trees harboring fruit of one of these types, their ability to find fruit to unfamiliar size proved unaffected by prior experience with fruit but their ability to find fruit of unfamiliar color was significantly affected. Specifically, females exposed to red hawthorns or red apples were less able to find green hawthorns or green apples than were females experienced with either of the latter fruit types. Fruit odor was found to have no effect on female ability to find familiar compared with unfamiliar green fruit. In contrast, a difference in size (or surface chemistry) between familiar and unfamiliar fruit but not a difference in fruit color had a significant negative influence on the propensity of alighting females to bore into unfamiliar fruit. Three bouts of experience with alighting upon and ovipositing into fruit over a period of about 1 h had no detectable effect on female ability to find unfamiliar fruit but did reduce propensity to bore into unfamiliar fruit. Our findings are discussed in relation to insect ability to learn visual and chemical stimuli of resources and insect propensity to form host races. We also discuss the potential impact of our findings on nonpesticidal, behavioral methods of managing R. pomonella in commercial apple orchards.
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