Cultivation and Transplantation of Trichogramma dendrolimi Pupae Using Corcyra cephalonica Eggs

To begin, add a solution of gum Arabic powder and water to a nine centimeter by 16 centimeter card. Then place approximately 5, 000 eggs of Corcyra cephalonica onto the card. Subject the host egg cards to 30 minutes of ultraviolet irradiation to prevent the hatching of eggs.

Subsequently, cut the paper with inactivated eggs into egg cards, each containing approximately 300 to 500 eggs. Next, introduce a cohort of 80 to 120 Trichogramma dendrolimi wasps into a glass tube. Seal the tube with cotton.

For parasitization, allow the wasps to deposit their eggs into the host eggs for six hours. Then promptly remove the wasps. Cultivate the parasitized host eggs for approximately eight days at 25 degrees Celsius.

After five days, the parasitized host eggs turned black. Transfer the host egg card to a dissecting microscope. Using a pair of tungsten needles, meticulously remove the chorion from the host eggs and retrieve the pupa from within.

Next, prepare a plate with 1.5%agar as substrate. Using a disinfected graver, etch several grooves on the agar. Now using a small brush, transplant a pupa from the dissected host egg into one of the grooves on the agar substrate.