Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae) is known to occur in barley field during spring. But, it is unlikely that R. pedestris can find host resource to reproduce in the spring season. To test this hypothesis, we assessed the reproduction of R. pedestris population collected from field from March to September. Riptortus pedestris were collected at intervals of three days from 15th of each month. Females of R. pedestris collected from trap were provided with just water in a breeding dish, and eggs laid were collected daily. Quality of R. pedestris eggs at each month was also evaluated by providing them as host resource to two egg parasitoids. The collected eggs were divided into three groups and tested for hatchability and parasitism by two egg parasitoids, respectively. As a result, R. pedestris population collected in March and April did not reproduce, and fecundity and proportion of reproduced females were the highest in August. But, neither hatchability nor parasitism rate of R. pedestris eggs show significant difference among the sampling months. In conclusion, R. pedestris starts to reproduce from May, and fecundity reaches highest on August. No change in egg quality was found among the study periods.

Aggregation pheromone of Riptortus pedestris (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Alydidae) has kairomonal effect on its egg parasitoids. Thus, inclusion of non-viable host eggs of R. pedestris to aggregation pheromone trap was suggested to propagate parasitoids attracted in the trap. In this study, spatial and temporal distribution of egg parasitoids were investigated in sesame fields in Songcheon, Andong where aggregation pheromone traps were installed with non-viable host eggs. Parasitism changes were assessed after collecting non-viable host eggs released at distances of 8, 16, 24, and 32 m from the trap. Higher egg parasitism and adult emergence was found up to 16 m from the point of release. Parasitism increased over time, but decreased with distance. For the comparison of change in temporal parasitism, traps were installed without host eggs in another sesame field. Parasitism rate in sesame field without host eggs increased by 13%, whereas, in the field with host eggs, the parasitism increased up to 44%. These findings suggest that host eggs attached to the pheromone traps help the parasitoids propagate and disperse.

매미나방(Lymantria dispar)에서 추출된 카이로몬을 이용하여 난기생천적인 짚시알깡충좀벌(Ooencyrtus kuvanae)에 대한 유인성을 olfactormeter로 측정하였다. 매미나방알의 인편과 털에서 추출한 카이로몬은 79.9%의 유인성을 나타내어 알에서 추출한 카이로몬의 67.6%보다 높은 유인력을 나타내었다. 짚시알깡충좀벌의 탐색시간은 인편과 털의 추출물에서 115.5초 인편과 털을 제거하지 않은 알에서 113.2초로 유사하였다. 정상적으로 산란된 기주알에 대해서는 91.0%가 유인되어서 난소에서 적출한 미성숙알의 15%보다 크게 높았으며 탐침까지의 시간은 84.2초로 난수에서 적출한 알의 114.0초보다 짧았다. 생식부속샘에서 분비되는 접착물질은 88%로서 가장 높은 반응을 보였고, 탐색시간은 89.2초, 최초탐침시간은 26.8초를 나타냈다. 6종류의 유기용매를 사용하여 추출한 카이로몬을 대상으로 짚시알깡충좀벌의 유인도를 조사한 결과 n-hexane의 추출물에서 가장활발한 반응을 나타냈으며 자연난에서 우화한 것이 인공난에서 우화한것보다 3배이상 높은 반응을 보였다.