Multifunctional device for insect feeding and behavior testing

Abstract

The utility model discloses a multifunctional device for insect breeding and behavior testing. Relates to the technical field of insect breeding equipment. A gauze partition plate is arranged in the rearing cage; a liquid feeding device, a water feeding device, a solid feeding device, an adult oviposition container and a larva feeding box are placed in the feeding chamber; a pupation box is arranged in the pupation eclosion chamber; a foam layer floats on the surface of the liquid foodstuff and is lined with filter paper; a plurality of water feeding assemblies are arranged in the water feeder, and each water feeding assembly comprises moisturizing filter paper and a fiber cotton swab; the multiple water feeding assemblies abut against one another to fully seal the bottle opening of the water feeder. The device mainly solves the bottleneck problem of drowning of the adult fruit flies, provides a suitable oviposition container for an adult oviposition selection test, can well realize breeding, continuous breeding and adult trend and oviposition behavior selection research of the adult fruit flies, avoids a large amount of death of the tested adult fruit flies, saves manpower, material resources and financial resources, and improves the test efficiency of the adult fruit flies. And the artificial feeding reproduction and test efficiency is greatly improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to insect breeding equipment technical field, especially a kind of multifunctional device for insect feeding and behavior test. BACKGROUND

[0002] Since the damage caused by real fly insects to fruits and vegetables is serious, the biological, ecological, molecular biology and efficient green prevention and control technology based on adult behavior regulation of real fly are paid more attention to. Real fly is a complete metamorphic insect, and its life goes through egg, larva, pupa and adult four periods, and its egg, larva and pupa are hidden and difficult to control, and adult is the key period of its prevention and control. At the same time, a large number of each insect state for experiment feeding is needed to carry out the prevention and control research of real fly, wherein, the survival and reproduction of adult is the key link of its feeding;Real fly adult needs to go through about 10-20d of nutrition supplement stage after pupation, to reach sexual maturity, and start to mate and lay eggs. Real fly adult is a siphuncular mouthpart, needs to provide suitable liquid food and water, and at the same time, the feeding, mating and oviposition selection behavior of adult is also an important means of real fly prevention and control research to develop efficient food attractant and sex attractant.

[0003] Since real fly adult needs to supplement liquid food rich in sugar, its feet and wings are easy to be adhered by the above liquid food when feeding, causing the drowning death of adult;The excrement of adult is liquid containing high sugar content, which is discharged on the insect breeding cage, and real fly feeding usually needs high humidity (such as relative humidity 60%-70%) and temperature (such as 24℃-28℃), which is easy to cause large-area mold and blackening of feeding cage, affecting the survival of real fly adult, and also affecting the observation and operation of researchers;At the same time, food is replaced every day, net cage is cleaned, and humidifying cloth is replaced frequently in ordinary air-conditioned room, which needs researchers to spend a lot of time and carry out tedious operation. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] In order to realize the feeding, continuous generation feeding and behavior selection test research of real fly adult without drowning death of adult, the application provides a multifunctional device for insect feeding and behavior test.

[0005] The application provides a multifunctional device for insect feeding and behavior test, which adopts the following technical scheme:

[0006] A multifunctional device for insect feeding and behavior test, comprising a feeding cage;A gauze partition is arranged in the feeding cage, and the gauze partition divides the feeding cage into a feeding room and a pupation and eclosion room;A liquid feeder, a water feeder, a solid feeder, an adult oviposition container and a larva feeding box are placed in the feeding room;A pupation box is arranged in the pupation and eclosion room;

[0007] The liquid feeder is a large-mouthed container for holding liquid food, with a foam layer floating on the surface of the liquid food, and filter paper lining the foam layer.

[0008] The water feeder is a large-bellied container, and a plurality of water feeding assemblies are arranged in the water feeder. Each water feeding assembly comprises a moisture-retaining filter paper and a fiber cotton stick. The moisture-retaining filter paper is square or flag-shaped, and one end of the moisture-retaining filter paper is rolled around the fiber cotton stick and inserted into the bottom of the water feeder and immersed in water. The plurality of water feeding assemblies are tightly arranged to seal the bottle opening of the water feeder.

[0009] Optionally, the front plate, the top plate and the rear plate of the rearing cage are made of transparent material, the top plate is provided with a plurality of small holes, the two side plates are made of gauze material, the two side plates are provided with zippers and notches, the notches are provided with operation sleeves, and the gauze partition is also provided with a zipper.

[0010] Optionally, the solid feeder is a large-mouthed container, and a filter paper is arranged at the bottom of the solid feeder.

[0011] Optionally, the adult oviposition container is designed in a spherical or cylindrical hollow shape, and an oviposition stimulator is arranged at the bottom of the adult oviposition container. A plurality of small holes are arranged on the spherical body for the adults to insert the oviposition container to lay eggs. The bottom of the lower half is not provided with holes, and the oviposition stimulator is arranged in the lower half. The top of the oviposition container is provided with a hanging ear, and the oviposition container is hung below the top plate of the rearing cage through the hanging ear.

[0012] Optionally, the larva rearing box is composed of an upper box and a lower box which are stacked one above the other. The bottom of the upper box is provided with a draining hole, and a filter paper is arranged in the upper box. The larva feed is arranged on the filter paper in the upper box, and the bottom of the lower box is not provided with holes.

[0013] Optionally, the upper box, the water feeder and the liquid feeder are connected to each other through filter paper strips or water-retaining filter paper.

[0014] Optionally, the pupation and eclosion chamber is provided with a filter paper in the pupation box, and the filter paper is arranged with moist sand or vermiculite for the pupation of matured larvae.

[0015] Optionally, the pupation and eclosion chamber is provided with a support for placing the upper box.

[0016] In summary, the present application has the following beneficial technical effects:

[0017] The application can be used for the breeding of fruit flies and other dipteran insects, and the feeding and oviposition selection behavior test of adult fruit flies and other dipteran insects; the liquid feeder and the solid feeder can also be used for screening substances having feeding attraction or repelling effect on adult fruit flies, and the application mainly solves the problem that liquid food or food attractant is easy to cause the drowning of adult fruit flies, and can well realize the breeding of adult fruit flies and the research on the selection behavior test of adult fruit flies, and meanwhile, the death of the bred adult fruit flies and the tested adult fruit flies is avoided, the manpower, material resources and financial resources are saved, and the artificial breeding and test efficiency is greatly improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 is the overall structure diagram of a multifunctional device for insect breeding and behavior test;

[0019] Marked for explanation:

[0020] 1, breeding cage; 2, adult feeding water device; 3, adult liquid food feeder; 4, adult solid food feeder; 5, larva breeding box; 6, adult oviposition container; 7, gauze partition; 8, breeding room; 9, pupation and emergence room; 10, gauze side plate; 11, top plate; 12, operating sleeve; 13, water-retaining filter paper; 14, fiber cotton stick; 15, foam layer; 16, hanging ear; 17, upper box; 18, pupation box; 19, support; 20, filter paper strip; 21, zipper. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The following will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying Figure 1 The application will be further described in detail.

[0022] The embodiment of the application discloses a multifunctional device for insect breeding and behavior test, which comprises a breeding cage 1; the front plate, the top plate and the rear plate of the breeding cage 1 are all of transparent material, the top plate is provided with a plurality of small holes, the two side plates are of gauze material with mesh less than 200 meshes, so as to avoid the escape of mature larvae, the two side plates are provided with zippers 21 and notches, and the notches are provided with operating sleeves 12.

[0023] The top plate 11 and the front and rear plates of the breeding cage 1 are all of transparent material, and acrylic plates can be used, which has many advantages compared with the all-mesh breeding cage, that is, it is beneficial for researchers to observe various conditions in the cage 1, it is convenient to clean the large amount of excrement of fruit flies staying on the top plate, which causes the top plate to be mildewed and blackened, and it can better keep the breeding cage humid; meanwhile, the small holes on the top plate can be used for hanging food, adult oviposition containers and even inserting fiber cotton sticks to continuously provide water or liquid feed;

[0024] The breeding cage 1 is provided with a mesh screen partition 7 with mesh size less than 200 meshes, and the mesh screen partition 7 divides the breeding cage 1 into a breeding chamber 8 and a pupation and emergence chamber 9; the breeding chamber 8 is provided with a feeding water device, a liquid feeder, a solid feeder, a container 6 for adult insects to lay eggs and a larva breeding box 5; the pupation and emergence chamber 9 is provided with a pupation box 18; researchers can operate inside the breeding cage, directly move the upper box 17 of the larva breeding box with larvae and feed into the pupation and emergence chamber 9 through the partition to pupate, so as to avoid adult insects escaping during the operation process and mature larvae jumping out of the cage to pupate; at the same time, flexible operation can be carried out according to the needs, the breeding chamber and the pupation and emergence chamber are divided by opening the partition or pulling up the zipper of the partition; two sleeves are convenient for operation in the breeding chamber and the pupation and emergence chamber respectively;

[0025] The liquid feeder is a large-mouth container capable of containing liquid food, and a foam layer 15 floats on the surface of the liquid food; the foam layer can be made of a meshed fruit shock-absorbing net, a perlite, a shock-absorbing foam or the like, and floats on the surface of the liquid; the foam layer 15 is lined with filter paper, so that adult insects can stay on the filter paper to feed and avoid drowning; the solid feeder is a large-mouth container such as a culture dish, and the bottom is provided with filter paper, and the solid food is placed on the filter paper; at this time, the filter paper is used for absorbing moisture of the solid food with high sugar content, and also provides food for adult insects;

[0026] At the same time, the liquid food feeder can not only feed adult insects with liquid food, but also serve as a feeding water device and be used for testing the feeding selection behavior of adult insects, and one device has multiple uses.

[0027] The feeding water device 2 is a conical bottle, a reagent bottle or a container with a hole in the lid, that is, a container with a small mouth and a large belly; the moisture-retaining filter paper 13 can be cut into various shapes such as square and triangular flags according to needs, and the flagpole part can be inserted into the bottom of the feeding water device together with a fiber cotton stick 14 and immersed in water; the upper half of the moisture-retaining filter paper 13 has a large area, which can provide a space for a large number of adult insects to stay, and the cotton stick and the moisture-retaining filter paper can provide drinking water for adult fruit fly insects staying on the filter paper and better maintain a certain humidity of the small environment in the breeding cage 1; according to needs, one to multiple combinations of the feeding water moisture-retaining filter paper 13 and the fiber cotton stick 14 are inserted into each feeding water device, and the combinations are close to each other to avoid adult fruit fly insects falling into the drinking water device and drowning; the conical bottle and the reagent bottle can provide a large water volume, be stable and be sealed with several combinations, which can not only avoid adult insects falling into the water and drowning, but also better guarantee a certain humidity of the small environment in the breeding cage 1, and more importantly, water or feed can be added once every few days according to actual needs, instead of spraying water and adding water multiple times every day, which greatly reduces the workload of frequent manual operation;

[0028] The adult oviposition container 6 is a spherical or cylindrical hollow design, the upper and lower halves are openable and closable, a plurality of small holes with a diameter of 1-2 mm are formed in the waist of the upper cover for the adult to insert the ovipositor to lay eggs; the bottom of the lower half is not provided with holes, the oviposition stimulator can be placed at the bottom of the oviposition container, then the upper and lower halves are closed, the adult fruit fly is attracted to insert the ovipositor through the small holes on the wall to lay eggs in the container, which is convenient for collection and quantity statistics; the top of the oviposition container is provided with a hanging ear 16, the oviposition container can be hung and fixed above the feeding cage 1 through the small holes in the top plate 11 of the insect rearing cage;

[0029] At the same time, the oviposition container imitates the spherical shape of fruit or the cylindrical shape of melon, in addition to olfactory stimulation, more fruit flies can be attracted to lay eggs through visual stimulation; at this time, the color of the oviposition container can also be selected according to the species of the reared fruit fly and its preference for color, such as green for B. citrella, yellow for B. dorsalis and B. cucurbitae, etc.

[0030] The larval rearing box 5 is composed of an upper box 17 and a lower box, the shape of the rearing box is circular, square, polygonal, etc., and is divided into two layers of upper and lower nested structure, the bottom of the upper box 17 is provided with a draining hole, and the inner pad is provided with filter paper, the larval feed is placed on the filter paper in the box, which can ensure ventilation and avoid suffocation and death of the larvae due to excessive wet adhesion of the feed and larval excrement, the bottom of the lower box is provided with no holes, which can catch the water generated in the process of rearing larvae in the upper box 17, ensure the cleanliness of the rearing room, and keep the upper box 17 moist.

[0031] The upper box 17, the water feeder 2 and the liquid feeder 3 are connected through filter paper strips 20 or water-retaining filter paper 13 to ensure the moisture of the filter paper in the larval rearing box 5 and keep the feed moist, which can also provide liquid feed and water for adult flies.

[0032] The pupation and emergence chamber 9 is provided with a pupation box 18 with the same size as the bottom plate, the inner pad of the box is provided with filter paper, and the filter paper is provided with moist sand or vermiculite for larval pupation and moisture retention; the zipper 21 of the partition is pulled open, the upper box 17 with larvae and feed is moved from the rearing chamber 8 to the pupation box 18 in the pupation and emergence chamber 9, and the larvae automatically jump into the moist sand or vermiculite in the pupation box 18 to pupate after maturation, and the two chambers are separated by the partition;

[0033] The pupation box 18 is provided with a support 19 for placing the upper box 17; the larval rearing box 5 is lifted in the pupation box 18 by the support 19 to avoid overcrowding caused by the larval rearing box occupying too much space in the bottom of the pupation box 18, which affects the breathing and emergence of the pupae and ensures the survival of the existing pupae; at the same time, it is convenient for researchers to observe the condition of the pupae in the pupation box 18, and when the rearing box is moved, it will not disturb the survival and emergence of the existing pupae.

[0034] The device can be used for the breeding of adult flies and other dipterous insects, and the feeding and oviposition selection behavior test of adult flies: the liquid and solid feeders for adult flies can also be used for screening substances with feeding attraction or repelling effect on adult flies, the utility model mainly solves the bottleneck problem that liquid food attractants are easy to cause the drowning of adult flies, and can achieve the breeding of adult flies and the screening of substances with attracting effect, without causing the death of adult flies and test flies, improving the efficiency of artificial breeding and the normal progress of behavior test research; meanwhile, the oviposition container can also be used for screening substances with oviposition attraction or oviposition repelling effect on adult flies, since the oviposition container simulates the state of natural fruits and melons, and based on the stimulation of vision and olfaction, adult flies can be more effectively attracted to oviposition, and ideal test results can be obtained; meanwhile, the breeding cage 1 can be used as a test cage, and the feeders or oviposition containers are placed in the cage for testing, preventing the escape of adult flies.

[0035] The above are preferred embodiments of the present application, and do not limit the protection scope of the present application, so: equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape, principle of the present application should be covered in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A multi-functional device for insect rearing and behavioral testing, characterized by: The feeding cage comprises a feeding cage, a gauze partition plate in the feeding cage, a pupation and emergence chamber and a feeding chamber divided by the gauze partition plate, a feeding water device, a liquid feeding device, a solid feeding device, an adult oviposition container and a larva feeding box in the feeding chamber, and a pupation box in the pupation and emergence chamber. The liquid feeding device is a large-mouth container capable of containing liquid food, and a foam layer floats on the surface of the liquid food, and a filter paper is attached to the foam layer. The feeding water device is a large-belly small-mouth container, and a plurality of feeding water components are arranged in the feeding water device, each of the feeding water components comprising a moisture-retaining filter paper and a fiber cotton stick, the moisture-retaining filter paper is square or flag-shaped, and one end of the moisture-retaining filter paper is rolled around the fiber cotton stick and inserted into the bottom of the feeding water device and immersed in water, and a plurality of the feeding water components are tightly arranged to fill the bottle opening of the feeding water device.

2. A multi-functional device for insect rearing and behavioral testing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The front plate, top plate and rear plate of the feeding cage are made of transparent material, the top plate is provided with a plurality of small holes, the two side plates are made of gauze material, the two side plates are provided with zippers and notches, the notches are provided with operation sleeves, and the gauze partition plate is also provided with a zipper.

3. The multi-functional device for insect rearing and behavioral testing of claim 1, wherein: The solid feeding device is a large-mouth container, and a filter paper is arranged at the bottom of the container, and the solid feed is placed on the filter paper.

4. The multi-functional device for insect rearing and behavioral testing of claim 1, wherein: The adult oviposition container is designed in a hollow spherical or cylindrical shape, an oviposition stimulator is arranged at the bottom of the container, a plurality of small holes are arranged on the spherical body for the adult insects to insert the oviposition device to lay eggs, the bottom of the lower half is not provided with holes, and an oviposition stimulator is arranged in the lower half, and the top of the oviposition container is provided with a hanging ear which is hung above the feeding cage.

5. The multi-functional device for insect rearing and behavioral testing of claim 1, wherein: The larva feeding box is composed of an upper box and a lower box which are stacked one above the other, the bottom of the upper box is provided with a draining hole, and a filter paper is arranged in the upper box, the larva feed is placed on the filter paper in the upper box, and the bottom of the lower box is not provided with holes.

6. A multi-functional device for insect rearing and behavioral testing according to claim 5, characterized in that: The upper box, the feeding water device and the liquid feeding device are connected to each other through filter paper strips or water-retaining filter papers.

7. A multi-functional device for insect rearing and behavioral testing according to claim 6, characterized in that: The pupation box in the pupation and emergence chamber is provided with a filter paper, and the filter paper is provided with moist sand or vermiculite for the pupation of matured larvae.

8. A multi-functional device for insect rearing and behavioral testing according to claim 7, characterized in that: The pupation and emergence chamber is provided with a support for placing the upper box.

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