TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Notes on the biology of Arctoseius cetratus (Sellnick) (Mesostigmata: Ascidae)
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
SP  - 577
EP  - 582
PY  - 1974
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Binns, E.S.
UR  - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3178
DA  - 1975-06-13
KW  - Acari
KW  - Arctoseius cetratus
KW  - Rearing techniques
KW  - phoresy
KW  - camouflage
KW  - fertility
KW  - egg laying
KW  - copulation
AB  - The habitat and distribution of Arctoseius cetratus are summarised and details of feeding habits and phoresy given. Rearing of individual mites fed on sciarid eggs and of mass cultures is described. Phoretic females were fertile. Oviposition began 24 hours after detachment and mites produced 2.5 eggs/ day thereafter. Fewer eggs were laid by mites feeding on nematodes. Females reared in isolation produced no eggs. The surface of freshly laid eggs was camouflaged by the application of particles of the substratum. Larvae emerged within 5-6 days and matured after approx. 1 week.
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