- 著者
- Kagawa Yoshitake Maeto Kaoru
- 出版者
- 日本応用動物昆虫学会
- 雑誌
- Applied entomology and zoology (ISSN:00036862)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.42, no.1, pp.49-53, 2007-02-25
- 被引用文献数
- 2 4
We investigated the predatory ability of Carabus yaconinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) on larvae of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the laboratory. A C. yaconinus adult preyed on ca. 90 S. litura larvae at the second-instar stage during 24 h. The number of larvae killed in 24 h decreased to ca. 40, 30 and 20 at third-, fourth- and fifth-instar stages, respectively. The wet weight of S. litura larvae killed by a C. yaconinus in 24 h increased with the larval stages of S. litura, and was highest for the fifth-instar stage. C. yaconinus adults occasionally left the predation unfinished and bit another live prey. The proportion of half-eaten prey varied with the larval stage of the prey. C. yaconinus can efficiently kill large numbers of S. litura larvae; thus, it may play an important role as a natural enemy of lepidopteran pests in agricultural fields.