Abstract

SEASONAL CHANGES IN THE HONEY DEW SECRTETION BY THE NYMPHS OF TRIOZA FLETCHERI INSIDE THE YOUNG, MATURE AND OLD GALLS OF TREWIA NUDIFLORA

Om Datta, Dr. Sunil Tomar and Dr. S. C. Dhiman

Abstract

Honeydew is a sugar-rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids, some scale insects and psyllids as they feed on plant sap. It is a waste product having sugary substances, excreted by the insects to concentrate food. Many other organisms feed on this sugary solution such as ants and in return they protect the insects from predators. In the present investigation season wise (summer and winter) secretion of honey dew by the insect Trioza fletcheri, within the galls of Trewia nudiflora, is being described.

Keywords: Trioza fletcheri, Trewia nudiflora, honey dew.