Minić, Danica https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:7545 ISSN: 0351-9147 Zbornik radova Instituta za šumarstvo number: 34-35 startpage: 105 endpage: 110 In natural populations of gipsy moth in Serbia 7 Apanteles species were discovered - 5 of them solitary (A. solitarius R a t z b., A. porthetriae Mu e s b., A. melanoscelus Ratz b., A. Iacteicolor Vier and A. vitripennis Curtis) and 2 gregortious (A. liparidis Bouche and A. ocneriae Iv). It is very important that Apanteles species appear early in the spring reducing young caterpillars before they provoke big damages in the forests. The most effective species for biological control is A. solitarius. It has 2 generations in the nature and in the laboratory 7 generations can be reared yearly. It is also important that A. solitarius produces both diapausing and nondiapausing cocoons still in the first generation, what enables stocking of cocoons, which will be used ,in biological control, and ensures the continuity of cocoon production during the whole year. The capability of A. solitarius to get through the winter like I stage instar in alive young caterpillars of transition host and like eonympha in cocoons also enables storing of a large number of cocoons at low temperatures (2-5°C) during a longer period and intervention in attacked forests in order to control biologically gipsy moth in the most favorable moment. 1991 ISTRAŽIVANJE PARAZITA GUBARA IZ RODA APANTELES (HYMENOPTERA, BRACONIDAE) STUDY OF GIPSY MOTH PARASITES FROM THE GENUS APANTELES IHYMENOPTERA, BRACONIDAE) Institut za šumarstvo application/pdf 2387833 bytes srp All rights reserved info:eu-repo/semantics/article