A simple technique for collecting chyle from the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L.

Frank S. Kaczmarek; Normand R. Dubois

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A simple technique for collecting chyle from the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L.

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Authors:

Frank S. Kaczmarek, Normand R. Dubois

Year:

1979

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-281. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3 p.

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Abstract

A procedure for rapidly obtaining significant quantities of chyle is described. The amount and composition of chyle collected from larvae of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.), varied according to the instar examined and the age within the instar.

Citation

Kaczmarek, Frank S.; Dubois, Normand R. 1979. A simple technique for collecting chyle from the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L. Research Note NE-281. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3 p.