Über die Abhängigkeit der Eizahl und Entwicklung des Getreideplattkäfers,Oryzaephilus mercator Fauv. (Col., Cucujidae) von der Nahrung

The oviposition and development of the grain bettle Oryzaephilus mercator Faur.on dry fruit meals. Oryzaephilus mercator showed enormous variation in egg laying on different dry fruit meals (apricot, cashew, almond, groundnut, coconut, fig, date and raisin). The lowest egg period was 4.1 days on almond and the highest on apricot 5.1 days. The egg mortality on various meals differed to a small extent (11.8 to 14.1%). The larval period ranged between 22.7 to 34.3 days. The larval mortality ranged between 7.8% (almond) to 94.4% (raisin).