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<DIV>I'm impressed, but you keep E. balteatus it is a farm which must require a lot of space ? How do you do to restore the habitat ? This interests me !</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>De: Matthew SULLIVAN <M.Sullivan@mmu.ac.uk><BR>Objet: Re: [Syrphidae] Question about mating E. balteatus<BR>À: "syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" <syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk><BR>Date: Vendredi 19 mars 2010, 10h24<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Hi Chris,<BR>Yes, it is pretty reliable, but early season individuals are a little more reliable to<BR>breed from than later ones. In the past I have maintained a culture using dwarf broad<BR>bean plants and pea aphids, but it is quite labour intensive. They also tend to behave<BR>better in larger groups in flight cages. Another way of establishing a culture is to buy<BR>puparia from a biological control supplier. I tend to do this now to obtain adults for<BR>student projects, but the genetic diversity is less clear.<BR><BR>All best,<BR>Matthew<BR><BR>Dr Matthew Sullivan DPhil.<BR>Behavioural and Environmental Biology<BR>School of Biology, Chemistry and Health Science<BR>Manchester Metropolitan University<BR>Manchester M1 5GD, UK<BR>Tel +44 (0)161 247 1164<BR>Fax +44 (0)161 247 6325<BR><A href="http://fr.mc275.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=m.sullivan@mmu.ac.uk"
ymailto="mailto:m.sullivan@mmu.ac.uk">m.sullivan@mmu.ac.uk</A><BR><BR>"Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you<BR>should read the Manchester Metropolitan University's email<BR>disclaimer available on its website<BR><A href="http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer" target=_blank>http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer</A> "<BR><BR>>>> "Bergh, Chris" <<A href="http://fr.mc275.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cbergh@vt.edu" ymailto="mailto:cbergh@vt.edu">cbergh@vt.edu</A>> 18 March 2010 19:50 >>><BR>Greetings,<BR><BR>I understand that E. balteatus is relatively easily reared in captivity. If individuals<BR>are captured in the field and then placed in captivity will they mate and oviposit readily<BR>or does it require a number of generations in captivity for this to occur regularly and<BR>predicatably?<BR><BR>Any feedback gratefully received.<BR><BR>Cheers - Chris
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