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HOST SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF PREDATORY AND PARASITOID
GROUP OF INSECTS
Pramod Kumar Kulkarni 2010-11-150
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Predator : An organism that feeds on its prey one prey to compete its life cycle
Parasitoid : Insect parasite of an arthropod which is parasitic in immature stages and adults are free living.
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Behaviour in Host SelectionHost habitat locationHost locationHost acceptanceHost suitability
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Host habitat locationProcess of finding a likely habitat that will include
appropriate preyParasites and predators initially and fundamentally
seek a certain environment, and they do this irrespective of the presence of hosts
Two important types of cues Attractant stimuli Arrestant stimuli
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Attractant stimuli Induce a change in forager behaviour that results in
orientation to areas that either contain host or are likely to contain host.
Arrestant stimuli Act by eliciting a reduction in distance or area covered per
unit time by forager within such areas
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Larvae of the green lacewing Chrysoperla carnea feed primarily on aphids, many of which occur on cotton plants. Caryophyllene is a volatile chemical released from cotton that attracts C. carnea adults
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Egg parasitoids respond to odours of adult hosts such as moth scales, marking pheromones
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Host locationThe process of actually finding suitable prey within
the appropriate habitatThe most commonly reported senses used in
detecting the host are tactile and olfactory (for parasitoids)
Inferring behaviour from morphologyKairomones
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Ex. Adult lacewings orient to the honeydew excretion of aphids because such sites likely have suitable prey for their offspring
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Inferring behaviour from morphologyA predator or parasitoid may locate its prey is to pay
close attention to insect morphologyEx. Pipunculid flies
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KairomonesContact chemicalsChemicals released by one insect that induces a
response in another insect which is advantageous to recipient
Ex. Potato tuber moth
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Host acceptanceParasite / predator actually finds or contacts a suitable
host/ prey, it still may not attack if the proper stimuli are lacking
This step is truly host selection and is clearly a matter of innate behaviour of a parasitic / predacious species
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Hosts may be rejected because they are:
Too young or oldWrong sizeDiseased or UnhealthyAlready parasitized (by the same or another
species)Have been used for host feedingDo not exhibit the correct reactions when
investigated by the parasitoid
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Host suitability Even though a parasite / predator has found the
potential host / prey in its habitat and selected it for attack, the host/parasite or prey/predator relationship may still not succeed if the potential host individual is immune or otherwise unsuitable
Nutritional and physical characteristics of the prey are involved
Ex. Diseased prey may be acceptable to a generalist predator but be rejected by a specialist
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