Theridion melanostictum O. P. Cambridge, 1876 (Araneae: Theridiidae) was collected from apple trees, El- Sadat city, El-Menofia governorate. Reared under laboratory conditions of 24-26°C and 60-70% R.H., males reached maturity after 4 spiderlings (instars); while females after 5 (instars). Spiders were fed every two days on the two preys, Tetranychus urticae Koch and larvae of Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.). Total spiderlings averaged (105±2 and 136.6±3), (51.1±1.6 and 57.5z2.7) days for male and female when fed on T. urticae and S. littoralis, respectively. Life cycle, feeding behavior, food consumption and mating behavior were observed.
Abd El-Azim, N. (2014). Rearing Theridion melanostictum O.P. Cambridge (Araneae: Theridiidae) on Tetranychus urticae Koch and larvae of Spodoptera littoralis Boisd. Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology, 8(2), 79-82. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2014.163856
MLA
Nahla A. Abd El-Azim. "Rearing Theridion melanostictum O.P. Cambridge (Araneae: Theridiidae) on Tetranychus urticae Koch and larvae of Spodoptera littoralis Boisd". Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology, 8, 2, 2014, 79-82. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2014.163856
HARVARD
Abd El-Azim, N. (2014). 'Rearing Theridion melanostictum O.P. Cambridge (Araneae: Theridiidae) on Tetranychus urticae Koch and larvae of Spodoptera littoralis Boisd', Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology, 8(2), pp. 79-82. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2014.163856
VANCOUVER
Abd El-Azim, N. Rearing Theridion melanostictum O.P. Cambridge (Araneae: Theridiidae) on Tetranychus urticae Koch and larvae of Spodoptera littoralis Boisd. Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology, 2014; 8(2): 79-82. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2014.163856
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