A technique for marking first-stage larvae of the gypsy moth for dispersal studies

Thomas M. Odell; Ian H. von Lindern

A technique for marking first-stage larvae of the gypsy moth for dispersal studies

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Thomas M. Odell, Ian H. von Lindern

Year:

1976

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-223. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.

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Abstract

Zinc cadmium sulfide fluorescent particles can be used to mark first stage larvae of the gypsy moth, Porthetria dispar (L.), without effecting changes in their development and behavior. Marked larvae dispersed readily; so the technique could be used to correlate dispersed larvae with any particular source point.

Citation

Odell, Thomas M.; von Lindern, Ian H. 1976. A technique for marking first-stage larvae of the gypsy moth for dispersal studies. Research Note NE-223. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.