Oviposition in the onion fly Delia antiqua (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) is socially facilitated by visual cues

Ovipositional decisions in herbivorous insects may be affected by social information from conspecifics. Social facilitation of oviposition has been suggested for the onion fly Delia antiqua. In the current study, we found that D. antiqua oviposition was unequal between paired oviposition stations of...

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Published in:Bulletin of entomological research 2020-12, Vol.110 (6), p.677-683
Main Authors: Hoshizaki, Sugihiko, Koshikawa, Noriaki, Toyoda, Takuya, Ishikawa, Yukio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal behavior
Bias
Conspecifics
Cues
Decoys
Delia antiqua
Eggs
Experiments
Females
Hypotheses
Insects
Laboratories
Onions
Oviposition
Research Paper
Social facilitation
Stations
Visual flight
Visual stimuli
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Summary:Ovipositional decisions in herbivorous insects may be affected by social information from conspecifics. Social facilitation of oviposition has been suggested for the onion fly Delia antiqua. In the current study, we found that D. antiqua oviposition was unequal between paired oviposition stations of equal quality and that more eggs were laid on an oviposition station baited with decoy flies than on the control. The increased oviposition toward the decoys continued over time >8 h. When decoys were placed upside down, the number of eggs laid did not differ between the decoy and control sides of oviposition stations, suggesting that social facilitation of oviposition is mediated by visual cues. Based on these findings, mechanisms of social facilitation of oviposition in D. antiqua were discussed.
ISSN:0007-4853
1475-2670
DOI:10.1017/S0007485320000152