Laboratory culture of a Tettigoniid, Homorocoryphus nitidulus vicinus (Wlk.) (Orthoptera)

Abstract

A method is described by which Homorocoryphus nitidulus vicinus (Wlk.) was reared in numbers continuously in the laboratory. This is believed to be the first account of the continuous labouratory culture of a Tettigoniid. Details are given of a substitute oviposition site that enables the eggs to be easily collected. The basic food used was grass, which was supplemented with cereals. The problem of cannibalism and methods of reducing it are discussed. Brief information on the bionomics of the crickets under these conditions is included.