HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2025, Vol. 64 ›› Issue (7): 79-81.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2025.07.014

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Screening of spawning medium for artificial breeding of Arma chinensis (Fallou)

SUN Bei-bei1, HOU Zheng-rong1, LI Jin-ping1, YIN Zhe1, ZHAO Fan2, LIU Da1, YUE Jin1   

  1. 1. Beijing Plant Protection Station, Beijing 100029, China;
    2. Agricultural Service Center of Changping District in Beijing City, Beijing 102200, China
  • Received:2025-04-21 Online:2025-07-25 Published:2025-08-22

Abstract: To screen the suitable medium for the artificial breeding of Arma chinensis (Fallou), the oviposition quantity, egg mass concentration, oviposition duration and egg hatching rate on four mediums were evaluated, including kitchen paper, degradable egg trays, gauze, and fresh corn leaves. Results showed that the oviposition concentration rate on gauze was the highest, reaching 95.74%, which was significantly higher than other media; the oviposition quantity by a single female on gauze and degradable egg trays was significantly higher than that on kitchen paper and fresh corn leaves, with 137.80 eggs and 91.50 eggs, respectively; there were no significant differences in the oviposition duration and egg hatching rate across the four media. The storage of the four media showed significant differences. The storage periods of gauze and degradable egg trays were significantly longer than those of kitchen paper and fresh corn leaves. In conclusion, the gauze was the optimal spawning medium.

Key words: Arma chinensis (Fallou), artificial breeding, spawning medium, oviposition concentration

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