The doi above is for this specific version of this dataset, which is currently the latest. Newer versions may be published in the future. For a link that will always point to the latest version, please use
doi: 10.4121/21176431

Yvonne Kortsmit (2023): Data underlying the publication: Preference of black soldier fly larvae for feed substrate previously colonised by conspecific larvae. Version 2. 4TU.ResearchData. dataset. https://doi.org/10.4121/21176431.v2

Dataset

x choose version: version 1 - 2022-09-21

• Environmentally Sustainable Animal Production
• Other Animal Production and Animal Primary Products
• Animal Production and Animal Primary Products

aggregation behaviour, chemical cues, Hermetia illucens, insect behaviour, larvae, welfare

25-11-2020 until 19-03-2021

CC BY 4.0

RefWorks, BibTeX, Reference Manager, Endnote, DataCite, NLM, DC, CFF

by Yvonne Kortsmit

We examined attraction of different instars via dual-choice tests in the dark with the use of video recordings. Larval choices were identified based on first substrate contact, cumulative number of substrate contacts, entry of the substrate and number of larvae present in a substrate over time. 

• 2022-09-21 first online

• 2023-05-24 published, posted

4TU.ResearchData

xlsx

Preference of black soldier fly larvae for feed substrate previously colonised by conspecific larvae

Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University & Research