JPH1042766A - Artificial collection of egg of lepidopterous insect and artificial egg collection device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To collect eggs of lepidopterous insect in high yield continuously without using raw leaves of a parasitic plant of lepidopterous insect by using an egg collecting solution obtained from a specific plant in which the lepidopterous insect lives and collecting the eggs of lepidopterous insect indoors and outdoors. SOLUTION: A lepidopterous insect is made to lay eggs on at least the back side of a laminar main body holding an egg collecting solution having 5-50mg/mL raw leaf concentration obtained from an extracted stock solution of raw leaves of a parasitic plant of the lepidopterous insect in a liquid retaining member attached to the surface side of the laminar main body.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for artificially collecting lepidopteran insects and an artificial egg collecting apparatus therefor, and more particularly, to a specific plant, a so-called host plant, which is parasitic when a lepidopteran insect takes a feeding or spawning behavior. An artificial egg collection method for collecting lepidopteran insects indoors and outdoors using an egg collection solution obtained from a raw leaf extract stock solution,
And an artificial egg collecting apparatus used for the artificial egg collecting method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Lepidopteran insects such as butterflies and moths are important agricultural pests. Examining the number of pests that occur annually, the numbers increase rapidly with each repetition of the overwintering generation, the first generation, and the second generation. This is because one female lays hundreds of eggs at a time, and even a small number in the parent generation often causes explosive pest outbreaks in the child generation. Therefore, interfering with the mating and spawning behaviors of lepidopteran insects and capturing adults are effective pest control methods.

Hitherto, for collecting eggs of lepidopteran insects such as butterflies and moths, host plants of lepidopteran insects have been collected from the field, or host plants have been cultivated in large quantities in greenhouses and potted host plants have been placed in the egg collecting chamber. Install and lay eggs on the back of the host plant's leaves,
The method of collecting this was common.

[0004] An example of an egg collection room used for egg collection using the leaves of a host plant of a lepidopteran insect will now be described. A wooden box with a door that can be opened and closed on the front as shown in FIG.
(73 × 85 × 115 cm) The inside of the egg collection room a was covered with matte black paper, a 15 watt fluorescent lamp b was attached on the upper part, and the auto timer c was set to the long day condition of 16L-8D. The temperature is
The target was 25-27 ° C. and the humidity was 65-80% RH. Under dry conditions, the number of eggs laid extremely decreases. Therefore, a container e filled with water is installed below the perforated partition plate d on the bottom side of the egg collection room a, and a humidifier connected with a time switch during the winter period. And the target humidity was maintained by intermittent humidification.
A plastic container f (for example, 200 m
l) Put 20% sucrose solution into it, cover with 6 ~ 7 holes,
One artificial flower g was wrapped in the center.

[0005] In addition, since no eggs are laid in a completely dark condition, an illuminator h is arranged near the plastic container f of the honey source so as to constantly illuminate at low illuminance (3 to 5 lux). A host plant i of potted lepidopteran insects, for example, a sweet potato seedling, was placed in the center of the egg collection room a as an egg-laying place, and a basket j for putting pupae before emergence was placed in front of the host plant i.

In addition, lepidopteran insects that collect eggs, such as the pupae of shrimp murmurs, are dormant and non-dormant depending on the larval rearing conditions. It is necessary to induce non-dormant pupae to wake up, or to wake dormancy by protecting dormant pupae at low temperatures.
Normally, non-dormant pupae are induced by rearing the larvae under the conditions of 27 ± 1 ° C and 16L-8D at high temperature and photoperiod. Eggs are collected once a day during the light period, in which case dead or weak moths are removed and efforts are made to keep the inside of the egg collection room (breeding box) as clean as possible.

[0007] The structure of the egg collection room and the egg collection of shrimp grouse are described in "System for rearing shrimp grouse all year round".
Research Institute for Silk and Insect Agriculture, Research Report No. 10 (pages 38 to 39), cited in March 1994.

[0008] Therefore, in controlling lepidopteran insects, host specificity, spawning stimulants, spawning behavior, and a method of collecting lepidopteran insects will be described.

Host Specificity In general, lepidopteran insects such as butterflies and moths feed and lay eggs only on specific plants, so-called host plants. For example,
The larva of the shrimp, a kind of moth, eats only sweet potato leaves, and the adult has the habit of laying eggs only on sweet potato leaves. Lepidopteran insects have the ability to sense minute amounts of secondary metabolites (chemical substances) contained in the insect's own host plants, and it is thought that feeding and spawning behavior are induced only by the stimulation. I have.

Oviposition stimulants At present, substances that induce spawning behavior in mated females,
For example, several spawning stimulants (flavonoids, arkanoids) have been identified in the butterfly of the Papilionidae, but are not known at all for lepidopteran insects such as butterflies and moths.

Spawning behavior In Musk Swallowtail, the front side of a leaf is hit with a front leg (referred to as a drumming behavior), and the sperm at the tip of the front leg senses an egg-laying stimulating substance to lay eggs on the back side of the leaf. Shrimp glass sparrows do not take a drumming action, but contact their front legs with the front side of the leaf while flying still (hovering action), and also lay eggs on the back side of the leaf.

At present, as a method for collecting lepidopteran insects such as butterflies and moths, eggs are collected on a host plant collected from the field or on a fresh leaf of a host plant cultivated in a large amount in a greenhouse or the like. It is common to remove eggs one by one and collect eggs.

[0013] In some butterfly species, such as the muskwing swallowtail, it has been confirmed that females lay eggs on filter paper soaked in a methanol extract of the leaves of the host plant. There is no egg collection method that can do this.

In moths, except for some species having properties that do not require host plants such as nettle worts from the beginning (that is, they do not require an egg collecting device), as seen in the egg collecting method of shrimp murmurs. Fresh leaves of the host plant are required.

As for moths, similar to butterflies, a method of collecting eggs using a methanol extract of fresh leaves of a host plant impregnated with filter paper or the like has been attempted, but is far from practical. Met.

[0016] The only attempt of artificial egg collection method is tobacco tobacco. In this method, an 80% ethanol extract of tobacco leaves is immersed in a circular urethane foam, placed on a polyethylene filter or a cork plate, and laid on a polyethylene filter or a cork plate to collect eggs.

[0017]

However, there has been little identification of host and plant spawning stimulants of lepidopteran insects, and since moths are nocturnal, host plants of these moths have not been identified so far. And it was difficult to search for spawning stimulants.

As described above, a practical artificial egg collection method for lepidopteran insects such as butterflies and moths has not been developed so far, and in many cases, fresh leaves of a host plant or potted host plants are used. And laid eggs by lepidopteran insects and collected eggs.

Therefore, it was necessary to collect the host plants from the field or to cultivate them in large quantities in a greenhouse or the like.
According to the various experimental results of the present inventors, for example, in the case of shrimp glass sparrows, 100 potatoes were required for one year. Furthermore, the laid eggs had to be removed from the host plant one by one and collected.

As described above, even if it has been confirmed that females lay eggs on filter paper dipped in a methanol extract of the leaves of the host plant, it is possible to continuously lay eggs. However, no means of collecting eggs has yet been developed.

In the case of the above-mentioned only artificial egg collection method for tobacco spider (moths), a large Soxhlet extractor is used when preparing a methanol extract to preserve fresh leaves of tobacco in a dry state. , The extraction operation must be performed for 1 to 2 hours, which is troublesome and complicated. Since the extract used for egg collection requires a high-concentration extract (375 mg / ml of fresh leaves = 375 g / l), 375 g of fresh leaves are required to obtain 1 liter (1000 cc) of a high-concentration extract.
Moreover, since the methanol concentration of the extract is as high as 80%, the amount of evaporation is large, and the replenishment of the extract is always required, and a large amount of fresh tobacco leaves is required. Since the concentration of methanol is as high as 80% and the amount of evaporation is large, it is not possible to continuously replenish the extract. Therefore, two hours before the turn-off time of the egg collection box, the extract should be replaced with urethane foam and the egg collection device should be replaced every day. Re-installation work is required. Due to these problems, this egg collection method has not been practically used in indoor breeding sites of tobacco sparrows.

As described above, no artificial egg collection method for lepidopteran insects such as butterflies and moths has been put to practical use at present.

An object of the present invention is to use the leaves of a host plant of a lepidopteran insect planted outdoors in the outdoors, lay eggs on the leaves, and compare them with the case of collecting eggs, and have the same high yield. Another object of the present invention is to provide an artificial egg collecting method and an artificial egg collecting apparatus for lepidopteran insects that can perform egg collection continuously.

[0024]

The artificial egg collecting method of the present invention comprises:
After laying eggs on lepidopteran insects on at least the back side of the plate-shaped main body holding the egg collection liquid obtained from the raw leaf extract of the host plant of the lepidopteran insect on the front side of the plate-shaped main body, collecting the eggs And

The egg collecting liquid may be held by a liquid holding member mounted on the front side of the plate-shaped main body, and the egg laying and egg collection may be performed by an egg collecting member mounted on the back side of the plate-shaped main body.

The concentration of fresh leaves in the egg collection solution may be in the range of 5 mg / ml to 50 mg / ml.

The artificial egg collecting apparatus of the present invention is obtained from a plate-shaped main body detachably mounted on the upper end of a support, and a raw leaf extract of a host plant of a Lepidoptera insect detachably mounted on the upper surface side of the plate-shaped main body. A liquid holding member for holding the obtained egg collecting liquid, and an egg collecting member for collecting eggs of lepidopteran insects detachably attached to the lower surface side of the plate-shaped main body.

The column has a detachable pedestal below it, and a liquid storage section for storing the egg collection liquid above it, and the liquid storage section is a liquid supply member for supplying the liquid holding member with the egg collection liquid. May be provided.

Further, the liquid holding member may have a detachable upper lid having a smaller diameter than the liquid holding member above the liquid holding member.

[Effect] Since the plate-shaped body holds the egg-collecting solution obtained from the undiluted solution of the leaf extract of the host plant of the Lepidoptera insects, the plate-shaped body is attracted to the egg-collecting solution diverging from the plate-shaped body to produce the lepidoptera insects Flies to the plate-shaped body, induces an egg-laying behavior while taking a drumming action or a hovering action, and lays eggs on the plate-shaped body. And the eggs of the lepidopteran insects laid can be collected together with the plate-shaped body without removing one by one like eggs laid on conventional fresh leaves, and the eggs can be collected without direct human contact. Easy to do.

When laying eggs on the egg-laying member attached to the plate-shaped main body, the laid eggs of the lepidopteran insects can be collected together with the egg-collecting member, so that the eggs can be collected more effectively. In this case, hatching can be performed directly on the egg collecting member.

As the egg collection solution, a solution obtained from a raw leaf extract of a host plant of a lepidopteran insect is used, so that it is not necessary to cultivate the leaf of the host plant. It can be stored for a long time.

[0033]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Extraction of the leaves of a host plant of a Lepidoptera insect may be performed according to the type of Lepidoptera insect to be egg-collected in the following three methods.

[0034] A total of 3,200 ml of water is added to 1 kg of the fresh leaves of the host plant while adding water while grinding with a mixer, and the mixture is uniformly ground for 1 to 2 minutes, and filtered with gauze and filter paper.
The filtrate is stored at a temperature of −20 ° C. as a raw leaf extract stock solution.

[0035] 1 kg of fresh leaves of the host plant is cut into strips having a width of about 1 cm, and ethanol or methanol (3,200 ml) is added thereto as an extraction solvent, and put into a sealable container.
After extracting at a temperature of 4 ° C for 5 days and filtering with gauze and filter paper, the filtrate is stored at a temperature of -20 ° C as a raw leaf extract stock solution. However, it is necessary to add a weight during the extraction, because the fresh leaves are likely to float on the extraction solvent. In addition, it is necessary to perform appropriate stirring to achieve uniform extraction from fresh leaves.

[0036] A total of 3,200 ml of ethanol or methanol is added to 1 kg of the fresh leaves of the host plant while adding ethanol or methanol as an extraction solvent and triturating with a mixer. After filtration through filter paper, the filtrate is stored at −20 ° C. as a raw leaf extract stock solution.

In any of the above extraction methods,
Egg collection results are almost unchanged.

In the case of the above-mentioned extraction method, the raw leaf extract stock solution is frozen at −20 ° C. during storage, so that a freeze-thaw treatment, that is, a thawing treatment is required before use.

The above extraction method is convenient because it can be stored for a long time in the state of antifreeze. In the case of the above-mentioned extraction, if the water content of the fresh leaves is 80%, the composition of the raw leaf extract stock solution is about 80% ethanol or methanol.
%, Fresh leaf concentration is about 250 mg / ml.

The egg collection solution is prepared by diluting the raw leaf extract stock solution obtained by any of the above methods as follows. The diluent used for preparing the fresh leaf concentration may be water, but if the final concentration of ethanol or methanol is adjusted to 15% in order to prevent deterioration and spoilage of the egg collection solution, the egg collection solution will be at room temperature (25 ° C). Does not expire for days.

The range of the fresh leaf concentration of the egg collection solution depends on the kind of lepidopteran insects to be collected, but the lower limit is 5 mg / m of the fresh leaf concentration.
1 and the upper limit is about 50 mg / ml of fresh leaf concentration, and almost the same effect as the fresh leaf of the potted host plant can be obtained.

As described above, the raw leaf extract stock solution can be stored semipermanently at a low temperature.
In the case of a fresh leaf extract solution of g / ml, a solution obtained by diluting the fresh leaf extract stock solution 5 to 50 times is used as an egg collection solution, so that a minimum of several tens g of fresh leaves can be used for one year of egg collection. is there. In addition, the egg collection liquid is resistant to deterioration and decay, and does not need to be replaced for one week or more when collecting eggs.

According to the present invention, since the spawning behavior can be induced with a very small amount of egg collection liquid, it is useful as a highly sensitive bioassay system in the process of determining the chemical structure of the spawning stimulating substance.

[0044]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, an artificial egg collecting apparatus for lepidopteran insects according to the present invention will be described.

Example 1 FIGS. 1 to 3 show an example of an artificial egg collecting apparatus for lepidopteran insects for carrying out the artificial egg collecting method for lepidopteran insects according to the present invention. The device is shown.

The artificial egg collecting apparatus 1 has an outer diameter of 48 mm, an inner diameter of 40 mm,
A cylindrical support 2 made of vinyl chloride resin having a height of 370 mm, a plate-shaped main body 3 made of styrofoam having an upper surface outer diameter of 125 mm, a lower surface outer diameter of 120 mm, and a thickness of 15 mm, and a filter paper of 125 mm in diameter for holding spawning liquid ( Liquid holding member 4 of Toyo Roshi Co., Ltd.)
And a plastic donut-shaped egg collecting member 5 having an outer diameter of 120 mm, an inner diameter of 15 mm, and a thickness of 1.5 mm.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the plate-shaped main body 3 has a groove 6 having a width of 15 mm and a depth of 5 mm on its upper surface.
A hole 7 having a diameter of 15 mm is formed at the center thereof, and a fixing device 8 made of vinyl chloride resin having an outer diameter of 15 mm, an inner diameter of 9 mm, and a length of 30 mm is formed in the hole 7.
Was inserted.

Then, the artificial egg collecting apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 was assembled as follows.

First, the lower part of the column 2 was detachably mounted on an iron alloy pedestal 9 having a bottom surface outer diameter of 125 mm and a thickness of 40 mm via an iron alloy mounting tool 10 having an outer diameter of 40 mm and a height of 30 mm. . In addition, the outer diameter is 40mm, the inner diameter is 36mm, and the length is 130mm inside the upper part of the column 2.
The liquid storage part 11 for storing the glass egg collection liquid was inserted.

The egg collecting member 5 was detachably attached to the fixture 8 on the lower surface of the plate-shaped main body 3 via a styrofoam stopper 13 having an outer diameter of 35 mm, an inner diameter of 15 mm, and a thickness of 15 mm.

Subsequently, the plate-shaped main body 3 on which the egg collecting member 5 was mounted on the upper end of the column 2 was detachably mounted via the fixture 8 mounted on the lower surface thereof.

One end of a rope-shaped liquid supply member 12 made of gauze having a thickness of 7 mm and a length of 300 mm is inserted into a groove 6 formed in the upper surface of the plate-shaped main body 3. The other end was immersed in the egg collection liquid in the liquid storage unit 11, and the egg collection liquid was permeated into the liquid and sucked up like a wick.

Next, the liquid holding member 4 is provided on the upper surface side of the plate-shaped main body 3.
Are removably mounted on top of each other with two
2 is brought into contact with the liquid holding member 4 so that
The egg collection liquid stored in 1 is sucked up by the liquid replenishing member 12, and the liquid holding member 4 is replenished therethrough.

Further, on the upper surface of the liquid holding member 4, an upper cover 14 made of carpet for automobiles having a diameter of 100 mm and a thickness of 5 mm was placed.

In the above embodiment, the support 2, the plate-like main body 3, the liquid holding member 4, the egg collecting member 5, and the upper lid 14 are each circular in shape, but the present invention is not limited to this. What is necessary is just to set the shape according to the kind of the lepidopteran insect which collects, and the property, for example, a hexagon, an octagon, and an ellipse.

The height of the column 2 may be set in accordance with the type and nature of the lepidopteran insects to be collected. The height of the column 2 including the pedestal 9 is about 100 to 500 mm.

Although the thickness of the plate-shaped main body 3 is set to 15 mm,
The present invention is not limited to this, and the thickness may be set according to the type and nature of the lepidopteran insect to be collected.

Although the filter paper is used for the liquid holding member 4, the present invention is not limited to this.
Any material can be used as long as it can penetrate the egg collection liquid and gradually exude or diffuse, and examples thereof include urethane foam, sponge, and cloth.

Although plastic is used for the egg collecting member 5, the present invention is not limited to this, and any material may be used as long as it is easy for lepidopteran eggs to lay eggs and cannot be easily separated after laying eggs. Examples thereof include a hard paper plate, an iron plate, and a wooden plate. If the egg collecting member 5 is made of a plastic material, it is semi-permanent in terms of strength and can be used repeatedly. Therefore, if about 7 pieces of the egg collecting member 5 are used, they can lay eggs and collect eggs continuously for one year every day.

As described above, in general, lepidopteran insects such as butterflies and moths recognize whether or not they are their own host plants on the front side of the leaves of the host plant, that is, on the upper side, and on the back side of the leaves, that is, on the lower side. It has the property of laying eggs. From this, the structure of the artificial egg collecting apparatus for lepidopteran insects of the present invention is such that the egg collecting liquid obtained from the raw leaf extract stock solution of the host plant is exuded and diverged from the liquid holding member attached to the upper surface side of the plate-shaped body, and the egg collection is performed. The lepidopteran insects induced by the liquid perform a drumming action or a hovering action on the plate-shaped main body, and lay eggs on an egg-collecting member provided on the lower surface side thereof to collect eggs.

Since the egg collection liquid gradually diverges and disappears over time, the egg collection liquid, for example, about
150 ml is stored, and supplied to the liquid holding member 4 mounted on the upper surface of the plate-shaped main body 3 via the liquid supply member 12.

Further, by placing the upper lid 14 having a smaller diameter than the liquid holding member 4 on the upper surface of the liquid holding member 4, the egg collection liquid is exuded and diverged only from the peripheral portion of the liquid holding member 4. In addition, loss due to evaporation of the egg collection liquid can be reduced. In addition, hovering lepidopteran insects can be easily grasped during spawning.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the case of lepidopteran insects G such as butterflies and moths, for example, in the case of shrimp glass sparrows, the edge periphery of the plate-shaped main body 3 is hovered, and mainly on the lower surface side of the plate-shaped main body 3. An egg E is laid on the attached egg collecting member 5.

Egg collecting member 5 mounted on the lower surface of plate-shaped main body 3
5 and 6, a large amount of eggs E are laid. Then, the laid eggs E can be removed from the plate-shaped main body 3 and collected as they are with the egg collecting members 5 as they are, and if necessary, disinfected and sterilized with formalin or the like, and then hatched and reared. There is no need to remove the laid eggs one by one as in the case of eggs laid on the leaves of conventional host plants. Further, the egg collecting member 5 can be hatched and bred in the petri dish by putting it in the petri dish, so that humans do not need to touch the lepidopteran insects. In addition, when the egg collecting member 5 is put into a petri dish and transported to another department, it is possible to prevent microbial contamination and deterioration of the egg.

Next, specific examples of the artificial egg collecting method of the present invention using the artificial egg collecting apparatus 1 for lepidopteran insects shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described together with comparative examples and comparative examples. In the specific examples and comparative examples of the present invention, egg laying and egg collection were performed in the egg collection room shown in FIG. 7, and in contrast, egg laying and egg collection were performed in the egg collection room shown in FIG.

The configuration of the egg collection room shown in FIG. 7 used in specific examples and comparative examples of the present invention will be described. In the figure, 2
Reference numeral 1 denotes an egg collection room composed of a wooden box (width 73 x depth 85 x height 115 cm) having a door that can be opened and closed on the front.

The inside of the egg collection room 21 is covered with matt black paper, and the day length is set to 16 hours light and 8 hours dark by a timer 22 (16L-8D).
Fluorescent lamp (15W) 23 controlled in the cycle of is installed, and lighting equipment with sensor (5W light bulb) 24
And the inside of the egg collection room was illuminated with low light only at night. In addition, a container 26 filled with water is installed below the perforated partition plate 25 on the bottom side in the egg collection room 21, and a device (not shown) for controlling the temperature and humidity of the entire room is installed. 24
The temperature was maintained at 、 26 ° C. and the humidity at 70-80% RH. In addition, a ventilation fan 27 with a filter was arranged in the upper part of the egg collection room 21 to prevent the flour from rising in the egg collection room 21 due to egg collection and adult mating. In addition, a basket 28 for putting pupae before emergence was arranged on the front side of the egg collection room 21.

The structure of the artificial egg collecting apparatus of the present invention is not the structure including the egg collecting room shown in FIG. In addition, the egg collection room may be any structure that satisfies the basic conditions such as lighting, temperature, and humidity according to the ecology of the lepidopteran insect that performs egg collection, and does not need to have the configuration as shown in the example at all. Even if the miniature bulb and the egg collecting apparatus of the present invention are installed in a cardboard box, lepidopteran eggs can be laid and collected.

Example 2 This example is an artificial egg collection method for a shrimp turtle (moth).

In this embodiment, a commercially available compact disc having a diameter of 120 mm was used for the egg collecting member 5, and a glass tube for breeding Drosophila having an outer diameter of 40 mm, an inner diameter of 36 mm, and a length of 130 mm was used for the liquid storage unit 11. Further, a 25 mm wide vinyl tape (manufactured by Sumitomo 3M Limited) was attached so that the eggs laid over the entire side surface of the plate-shaped main body 3 could be easily removed.

First, 1 kg of fresh leaves of sweet potato was prepared as fresh leaves of the host plant of the shrimp glass sparrow. While adding ethanol to the fresh leaves and grinding with a mixer, a total of 3,200 m
l of ethanol, triturated for 2 minutes, allowed to stand at 4 ° C for 5 days to extract the fresh leaf components, filtered through gauze and filter paper, and filtered the filtrate into a fresh leaf extract stock solution with a fresh leaf concentration of 250 mg / ml. This was stored at a temperature of -20 ° C.

Then, the fresh leaf concentration stored before the start of the experiment
100 ml of water was added to 25 ml of a 250 mg / ml stock extract of fresh leaves to prepare an egg collection solution (5-fold dilution) having a fresh leaf concentration of 50 mg / ml.

Further, the liquid holding member 4 is mounted on the upper surface side of the two plate-shaped main bodies 3 and an egg collection liquid 150 m / ml having a fresh leaf concentration of 50 mg / ml.
The liquid was filled in the liquid storage unit 11, penetrated into the liquid replenishing member 12, sucked upward by the capillary action of the liquid replenishing member 12, and supplied to the liquid holding member 4.

The egg collecting member 5 was attached to the lower surface of the plate-shaped main body 3.

Next, the artificial egg collecting apparatus 1 for lepidopteran insects in which the liquid holding member 4 and the egg collecting member 5 were mounted on the plate-shaped main body 3 was set in the egg collecting room 21 as shown in FIG.

Then, five males and five females of the shrimp sparrow, which had emerged on the same day, were released into the egg collection room 21 and bred and collected until all the animals died.
The number of laying eggs and the concentration of laying eggs were examined, and the results are shown in FIG. The results of the mating rate, the number of laid eggs by one mated female, and the concentration of laying eggs were the total of the period until all the animals died.

The mating rate, the number of eggs laid per mating female, and the degree of concentration of eggs were determined as follows. Mating rate (%) represents the proportion of mated females to breeding females. The number of eggs laid per mating female (grain) represents a value obtained by dividing the total number of eggs collected by the number of mating females. The concentration (%) of the egg laying indicates the ratio of the eggs laid on the side surface of the plate-shaped main body of the egg collecting apparatus and the eggs of the egg collecting member or the host plant among the total number of eggs laid.

Example 3 A fresh leaf concentration of 250 mg prepared in Example 2 was used as an egg collecting solution.
20 ml of water and 25 ml of ethanol 17.
Except for using an egg collection solution (10-fold dilution) with a fresh leaf concentration of 25 mg / ml by adding 5 ml, the mating rate, the number of eggs laid by one mated female, and the concentration of oviposition were examined in the same manner as in Example 2 above. FIG. 8 shows the results.

Example 4 A fresh leaf concentration of 250 mg prepared in Example 2 was used as an egg collection solution.
/5.8 ml of undiluted leaf extract solution, 105.8 ml of water and 1 part of ethanol
The mating rate, the number of eggs laid by one mated female, and the concentration of oviposition were determined in the same manner as in Example 2 except that an egg collection solution (50-fold dilution) was added to 6.8 ml to add a fresh leaf concentration of 5 mg / ml. The examination and the result are shown in FIG.

Comparative Example 1 An egg collection room using fresh leaves according to the conventional method shown in FIG. 9 was used as an egg collection room, and a potted sweet potato (fresh leaves) was used instead of the egg collection solution.
15-20 leaves), except that the mating rate, the number of eggs laid by one mated female, and the degree of concentration of eggs were examined in the same manner as in Example 2 above.
FIG. 8 shows the result.

Comparative Example 1 A fresh leaf concentration of 250 mg prepared in Example 2 was used as an egg collection liquid.
/ Ml fresh leaf extract solution (1 ml), water (212.3 ml) and ethanol (36.7)
Egg collection solution (250-fold dilution) with fresh leaf concentration of 1 mg / ml
Except that the mating rate was determined in the same manner as in Example 2;
The number of eggs laid and the concentration of eggs laid by one mating female were examined, and the results are shown in FIG.

Comparative Example 2 A 15% ethanol solution (fresh leaf concentration was 0 mg
/ Ml), except that the mating rate, the number of eggs laid by one mated female and the concentration of eggs laid were examined in the same manner as in Example 2 above, and the results are shown in FIG.

Comparative Example 3 Instead of the artificial egg collecting apparatus 1, artificial flower leaves having the same shape as the sweet potato were installed in the egg collecting chamber 21 shown in FIG.
A filter paper having a diameter of 125 mm (manufactured by Toyo Roshi Kabushiki Kaisha) was placed near the artificial flower leaf in 1, and 10 ml of the fresh leaf extract stock solution having a fresh leaf concentration of 250 mg / ml prepared in Example 2 was used every day before turning off the light. The mating rate, the number of eggs laid by one mated female, and the concentration of eggs laid were examined in the same manner as in Example 2 except that 10 ml of each was sprayed on the filter paper. The results are shown in FIG.

As apparent from FIG. 8, the mating rate, the number of eggs laid per mated female, and the degree of concentration of eggs in each example of the present invention were determined by laying eggs on live leaves of a conventional potted host plant. It was confirmed that the same effects as the mating rate, the number of laid eggs per mated female, and the degree of concentration of the laid eggs were obtained by the method of collecting eggs (Comparative Example 1).

Even when an egg collection solution is used, the fresh leaf concentration is 1 m.
In the case of g / ml (Comparative Example 1), the effect as in each example of the present invention cannot be obtained.

When no egg collection solution was used (Comparative Example 2) and when an undiluted solution of the leaf extract of the host plant was sprayed on the artificial leaves (Comparative Example 3), the effect of each of the examples of the present invention was not improved. I can't get it.

Therefore, it was confirmed that if the fresh leaf concentration of the egg collection solution is in the range of 5 mg / ml to 50 mg / ml, the same effect as when using fresh leaves of the conventional potted host plant can be sufficiently obtained. .

If the stimulus for laying eggs is insufficient, the eggs are not laid on the side surfaces of the plate-shaped main body of the egg collecting apparatus and the egg collecting members or the leaves of the host plants, but are laid on the wall of the egg collecting room, fluorescent lamps, etc., and the eggs are collected. It will be difficult.

Example 5 This example is an artificial egg collection method for Musk Swallowtail (butterfly).

First, 1 kg of fresh leaves of Echinacea purpurea were prepared as fresh leaves of the host plant of Musk Swallowtail. While adding ethanol to the fresh leaves and grinding with a mixer, a total of 3,
After adding 200 ml of ethanol and triturating for 2 minutes,
After allowing to stand naturally for one day to extract fresh leaf components, the mixture was filtered through gauze and filter paper to obtain a filtrate as a fresh leaf extract stock solution having a fresh leaf concentration of 250 mg / ml, which was stored at a temperature of -20 ° C.

Then, the fresh leaf concentration stored before the start of the experiment
100 ml of water was added to 25 ml of a 250 mg / ml stock extract of fresh leaves to prepare an egg collection solution (5-fold dilution) having a fresh leaf concentration of 50 mg / ml.

Further, the liquid holding member 4 is mounted on the upper surface side of the two plate-shaped main bodies 3 and the egg collection liquid 150 m / ml having a fresh leaf concentration of 50 mg / ml.
The liquid was filled in the liquid storage unit 11, penetrated into the liquid replenishing member 12, sucked upward by the capillary action of the liquid replenishing member 12, and supplied to the liquid holding member 4.

The egg collecting member 5 was mounted on the lower surface of the plate-shaped main body 3.

Next, the artificial egg collecting apparatus 1 for lepidopteran insects in which the liquid holding member 4 and the egg collecting member 5 were mounted on the plate-shaped main body 3 was set in the egg collecting room 21 as shown in FIG.

[0095] Two males and two females of the mud swallowtail, which emerged on the same day, were released into the egg collection room 21 and bred and collected until all the animals died.

Example 6 Fresh leaf concentration of 250 mg prepared in Example 5 was used as an egg collection solution.
20 ml of water and 25 ml of ethanol 17.
Except for using an egg collection solution (10-fold dilution) with a fresh leaf concentration of 25 mg / ml by adding 5 ml, breeding and egg collection were performed until all individuals died in the same manner as in Example 5 above.

Comparative Example 2 The same procedure as in Example 5 was carried out except that the egg collecting room using fresh leaves according to the conventional method shown in FIG. 9 was used as the egg collecting room, and a potted apricot clover (20 to 30 fresh leaves) was used instead of the egg collecting solution. Breeding and egg collection were carried out until all individuals died in the same manner as described above.

Comparative Example 4 A 15% ethanol solution (the fresh leaf concentration was 0 mg
/ Ml), and bred and collected eggs until all individuals died in the same manner as in Example 5 above.

Example 7 A total of 3,200 ml of water was added to 1 kg of fresh leaves of sweet potato as a stock extract of fresh leaves while adding water and grinding with a mixer, followed by grinding for 2 minutes to extract fresh leaf components, and then gauze and filter paper. And the filtrate was stored at a temperature of −20 ° C.
The mating rate of shrimp viper (moth) and the number of eggs laid by one mating female in the same manner as in Example 2 except that the raw leaf extract stock solution was subjected to thawing treatment before starting the experiment, using 0 mg / ml fresh leaf extract stock solution. When the concentration of laying eggs was examined, the same results as in Example 2 were obtained.

Example 8 1 kg of fresh leaves of sweet potato was cut into 1 cm wide strips as an undiluted solution for extracting fresh leaves, and 3,200 ml of ethanol was added thereto. The resulting mixture was placed in a sealed container and allowed to stand at a temperature of 4 ° C. for 5 days. After extracting the components, the mixture was filtered through gauze and filter paper, and the filtrate was heated to -20 ° C.
Except for using the undiluted solution of fresh leaf extract having a fresh leaf concentration of 250 mg / ml, the mating rate of shrimp glass spider (moth), the number of eggs laid per mating female, and the degree of concentration of eggs were examined in the same manner as in Example 2 above. However, in each case, the same result as in Example 2 was obtained.

As described above, the artificial egg collection method for lepidopteran insects of the present invention does not require cultivation and management of host plants throughout the year, and uses an egg collection liquid prepared from a raw leaf extract stock solution that has been stored at a low temperature in advance. Eggs can be collected at any time. Further, the operation of installing and maintaining the egg collecting apparatus is easy, and it is sufficient to replenish the liquid holding member of the egg collecting apparatus with the egg collecting liquid once every week or every ten days.

In addition, if the sensitivity of the lepidopteran insects to the egg collection solution is extremely high, and if there are several tens of grams of fresh leaves of the host plant, the system can continuously collect eggs for one year.

Also, in recent years, techniques for genetically modifying lepidopteran insects such as butterflies and moths have been developed, and in the near future, a technique for rationally rearing genetically modified lepidopteran insects indoors will be required.

The artificial egg collecting method and artificial egg collecting apparatus for lepidopteran insects which do not require mass cultivation and maintenance of the host plant according to the present invention are intended for mass production of lepidopteran insects such as butterflies and moths and for stable breeding and maintenance. It is an indispensable means, and the economic advantage is considered to be great.

That is, the artificial egg collection method for lepidopteran insects of the present invention is firstly capable of collecting eggs without using the leaves of host plants of lepidopteran insects. Conventionally, in order to breed and collect lepidopteran insects, it is necessary to cultivate a host plant (a tangerine tree in the case of a swallowtail butterfly) in a field or cultivate a large amount in a greenhouse or the like as a potted plant. In particular, breeding and egg collection during the winter period is difficult, and it is necessary to manage and cultivate the host plant in a greenhouse or the like where a lighting device is installed. The present invention is based on the point that it is sufficient to collect fresh leaves of a host plant of about several tens of grams per year, and it is possible to easily lay and collect lepidopteran insects throughout the year by preparing a small amount of egg collection solution. There is effectiveness.

Second, the form of the artificial egg collecting apparatus is important, and the artificial egg collecting apparatus for lepidopteran insects of the present invention is designed to match the egg-laying behavior of lepidopteran insects. In swallowtail butterflies, the front leg hits the upper surface of the leaf of the host plant,
Sensitive to spawning stimulants and lays eggs on the underside of the leaves. It is considered that moths also have the same behavioral mechanism as butterflies.As a result of various experiments, the moths were induced by the egg collection liquid diverged from the liquid holding member as in the above-described example, and caused the egg-laying behavior to lay eggs on the egg collection member. Then, it became possible to collect the eggs as they were for each egg collecting member.

Thirdly, since the spawning behavior can be induced by the egg collection solution having a fresh leaf concentration (5 mg / ml to 50 mg / ml) obtained from the undiluted solution of the fresh leaf extract, it is also necessary to purify and identify the spawning stimulating substance. It can be said that it is effective. Like the sex pheromone and the like, the active ingredient of the host plant of the order Lepidoptera may be used in the pest-trapping method (control). Further, it is considered that the artificial egg collecting method and artificial egg collecting apparatus for lepidopteran insects of the present invention can also be used as a bioassay system for a substance such as an egg-laying stimulating substance.

[0108]

According to the artificial egg collection method for lepidopteran insects of the present invention, since the plate-shaped body has an egg collection liquid obtained from a raw leaf extract of the host plant of the lepidopteran insect, the plate-shaped body As lepidopteran insects drawn to the egg collection fluid diverging from fly into the plate-shaped body, induce egg-laying behavior while drumming or hovering, lay eggs on the plate-shaped body, and collect eggs. The eggs of the lepidopteran insects laid can be collected together with the plate-shaped body without removing them one by one like the eggs laid on conventional fresh leaves, and the eggs can be collected easily, so the eggs can be collected extremely efficiently, etc. Has the effect.

When the liquid holding member on the surface side of the plate-shaped main body holds the egg collection liquid obtained from the raw leaf extract stock of the host plant, it is easy to hold the egg collection liquid and replenish the egg collection liquid. This makes it easier to lay eggs and collect eggs continuously.

When the eggs of lepidopteran insects are laid on the egg collecting member on the back side of the plate-shaped main body, one egg of the laid lepidopterous insects is similar to the egg laid on conventional fresh leaves. Since the eggs can be collected together with the egg collecting member without removing them one by one, the eggs can be easily collected without directly touching the eggs, so that the eggs can be collected extremely efficiently without being contaminated. Can be disinfected with
In addition, hatching can be performed on the egg collecting member. Further, the laying and collecting of eggs can be continuously performed only by replacing the egg collecting member.

[0111] In addition, since the solution obtained from the undiluted solution of the leaf extract of the host plant of the order Lepidoptera is used as the egg collection solution, the undiluted solution of the leaf extract can be stored at a low temperature for a long period of time.
In addition, since the egg collection liquid may be prepared from the raw leaf extract as needed, it is resistant to deterioration and decay.

The concentration of fresh leaves in the egg collection solution is 5 mg / ml to 5 mg / ml.
Within the range of 0 mg / ml, an effect equivalent to that of the conventional method of directly laying eggs on the leaves of host plants of lepidopteran insects and collecting them can be obtained.

When the artificial egg collecting apparatus for lepidopteran insects of the present invention is used, the laid eggs can be collected together with the egg collecting member, and the eggs can be easily collected without directly touching the eggs. It is possible to provide an artificial egg collecting apparatus capable of collecting eggs very efficiently without any need for the method.

Further, when a liquid storage section for storing the egg collection liquid is provided above the support and a liquid supply member is provided between the liquid storage section and the liquid holding member, when the amount of the egg collection liquid in the liquid holding member decreases, The egg collection liquid can be supplied from the liquid storage unit to the liquid holding member via the liquid supply member.

When an upper lid having a smaller diameter than the liquid holding member is provided above the liquid holding member, the egg collection liquid diverges only from the peripheral portion of the liquid holding member, so that the dispersion of the egg collection liquid can be made effective and the egg collection liquid can be effectively dispersed. Consumption can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an artificial egg collecting apparatus for lepidopteran insects according to the present invention,

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of each part of the artificial egg collecting apparatus of FIG. 1,

FIG. 3 is an example of a plate-shaped main body used in the artificial egg collecting apparatus, (A) is a plan view thereof, (B) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of (A),

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of spawning of a moth using the artificial lepidopterous egg collecting apparatus of the present invention,

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state of an egg laid on an egg collecting member;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 5,

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a state where the artificial egg collecting apparatus of FIG. 1 is installed in an egg collecting room;

FIG. 8 is a graph showing experimental results of Examples, Comparative Examples and Comparative Examples of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a lepidopteran insect egg collection room according to a conventional method.

[Signs in the drawings] 1 artificial egg collecting apparatus, 2 columns, 3 plate-shaped body, 4 liquid holding member, 5 egg collecting member, 6
Groove, 9 pedestals, 11 liquid storage, 12
Liquid replenishing member, 14 top lid, E egg, G
Lepidoptera insects.

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Claims (6)

[Claims] Claims 1. A lepidopteran egg is laid on at least the back side of a plate-shaped body holding an egg collection solution obtained from a raw leaf extract of a host plant of a lepidopteran insect on the surface side of the plate-shaped body. An artificial egg collection method for lepidopteran insects, which comprises collecting eggs. 2. The egg collection liquid is held by a liquid holding member attached to the front side of the plate-shaped main body, and the egg laying and egg collection are performed by an egg collection member mounted on the back side of the plate-shaped main body. The method for artificially collecting lepidopteran insects according to claim 1. 3. The fresh leaf concentration of the egg collection solution is 5 mg / ml to 5 mg / ml.
The method for artificially collecting lepidopteran insects according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method is 0 mg / ml. 4. A plate-shaped body detachably attached to the upper end of a column, and an egg-collecting liquid obtained from an undiluted leaf extract of a host plant of a lepidopteran insect detachably attached to an upper surface of the plate-shaped body. An artificial egg collecting apparatus for lepidopteran insects, comprising: a liquid holding member for performing lepidopteran insect removal; and an egg collecting member detachably mounted on a lower surface side of the plate-shaped body for collecting eggs of lepidopteran insects. 5. The column has a detachable pedestal below it, and a liquid storage unit for storing an egg collection liquid above the pedestal, the liquid storage unit being a liquid for replenishing the liquid holding member with the egg collection liquid. The artificial egg collecting apparatus for lepidopteran insects according to claim 4, further comprising a supply member. 6. The lepidopteran insect according to claim 4, wherein the liquid holding member has a detachable upper lid having a smaller diameter than the liquid holding member above the liquid holding member. Artificial egg collecting equipment.