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Energy expenditure affects the larval food preference in Propylea dissecta (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

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Lata Verma ,
Geetanjali Mishra Open the ORCID record for Geetanjali Mishra [Opens in a new window]  and
Omkar Open the ORCID record for Omkar [Opens in a new window]
Lata Verma
Affiliation:
Ladybird Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226007, India
Geetanjali Mishra
Affiliation:
Ladybird Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226007, India
Omkar*
Affiliation:
Ladybird Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226007, India
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*Corresponding author. Email: omkar.lkouniv@gmail.com
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Abstract

Food preferences and choices are common among animals, including insects. Studies on food preferences have been done on coccinellids using eggs and aphids as diet, but information on the food choices of the aphidophagous ladybird, Propylea dissecta (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), under laboratory conditions, is scarce. This study examined the effect of physical activity (walking) on food choice. We reared P. dissecta larvae on aphids, Aphis craccivora (Hemiptera: Aphididae), until the fourth-instar stage, and then allowed the fourth-instar larvae to walk on a glass rod for different time intervals to illustrate the energetic costs of foraging. After walking, larvae were provided simultaneous food choices of equidistantly placed food, i.e., A. craccivora, conspecific eggs, and heterospecific eggs. As the walking time duration gradually increased, the level of larval activity increased, resulting in poorer food choices.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 155 , 2023 , e17
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