Abstract
The aim of the present study is to investigate food consumption, hatching periods, adult mortality, the mean number of hatchlings and ovipositional trend of Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer. The rearing and experiments were conducted in the rearing room ($28{\pm}2^{\circ}C$, $60{\pm}10%$RH). As the adult rearing density increased from 50 to 400, it did not affect the average daily food consumption of adult crickets which was $0.067{\pm}0.008$ g a day. However, the daily radish consumption decreased from 0.128 to 0.068 g per day. 95.8% of eggs hatched by the sixth day after the beginning of hatching. The average mortality of the adults gradually increased, and reached 93.9% by the 8th week. Total number of hatchlings per female was $172.2{\pm}10.6$ ($mean{\pm}SD$) in 200 females rearing cages, which was noticeably less than $248.8{\pm}17.8$ ($mean{\pm}SD$) in 100 females rearing cages. Sex ratio of the crickets given in the rearing cages did not affect both the number of hatchlings and ovipositon rate. Oviposition rate periodically fluctuated as progressed, and it reached 81.5% of the total oviposition by the $3^{rd}$ week since the beginning of ovipoisiton.
쌍별귀뚜라미의 먹이 섭식량, 부화기간, 성충사망률, 사육밀도 및 성비에 따른 부화 약충수와 산란경향을 실내사육실($25{\pm}5^{\circ}C$, $60{\pm}10%$RH)에서 조사하였다. 사육중인 성충의 사육밀도가 50 ~ 400 개체로 증가할 때 사육밀도에 관계없이 하루에 $0.067{\pm}0.008g$의 사료를 섭식하였고 무는 0.128 ~ 0.068 g을 섭식하여 밀도가 증가할수록 감소하였다. 산란된 알은 부화시작 후 6일차까지 95.8%가 부화하였다. 평균 사망률은 사육일수가 증가함에 따라 일차함수로 증가하여 8주차에 93.9%가 사망하였다. 암컷 100개체의 사육밀도일 때 암컷 한 개체당 총 부화 약충수는 $248.8{\pm}17.8$ ($mean{\pm}SD$) 개체로 200 개체일 때의 $172.2{\pm}10.6$ ($mean{\pm}SD$) 개체보다 많았다. 암컷과 수컷의 성비는 부화약충수에 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 조사되었다. 산란 시작후 일차별로 산란수의 증감이 반복되는 경향을 보였으며 3주차까지 총 산란수의 81.5%를 산란하였다.
