Age determination of adult field crickets: methodology and field applications.

M. Zuk

doi:10.1139/z87-242

Age determination of adult field crickets: methodology and field applications.

M. Zuk

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Details of a method for aging adult insects by counting daily growth rings in tibial or other body sections are given. A test of the method's accuracy using laboratory-reared Gryllus pennsylvanicus and G. veletis showed that the number of growth rings counted is equivalent to the number of days past adult molt until the insect is 25-30 days old, when cuticle growth is completed and rings are no longer added. Field populations of the cricket species sampled seldom contained individuals with >18 rings.-from Author

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1564-1566
Number of pages	3
Journal	Canadian Journal of Zoology
Volume	65
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1139/z87-242
State	Published - Jan 1 1987

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