preoviposition period

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Common Tree Fruit Insects
... vary somewhat, depending on location. After emergence, females go through a 7 to 10 day preoviposition period before mating and laying eggs. During this time they are attracted to leaves and ... traps attract many flies from relatively short distances (1 to 10 feet) during this period. Ammonium compounds such as ammonium stearate, ammonium acetate, even household ammonia or protein hydrolystate ...
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Apple Maggot Fact Sheet
... eight to 10 days after emergence. During this period, called the preoviposition period, both the males and the females rest and ... period and may be found in unfruited trees and shrubs in and around the orchard. At the end of the preoviposition period ... freely in vegetation around the apple trees, particularly during the preoviposition period, it is desirable to spray interplanted and adjacent trees ...
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