Open AccessMANAGING HUMIDITY AND DRINKING WATER IN ACRYLIC CAGES FOR REARING PARASITOIDS
Author(s) -
Ítalo de Souza Aquino
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
colloquium agrariae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1809-8215
DOI - 10.5747/ca.2021.v17.n4.a453
Subject(s) - petri dish , humidity , environmental science , moisture , dew , condensation , environmental engineering , biology , materials science , geography , composite material , meteorology , microbiology and biotechnology
The moisture level and drinking water inside acrylic boxes used to breed parasitoids can be managed by placing a Petri dish with water on top of the box and humidifying the inside with a vaporizer. Through condensation, a suspended dew pool forms inside the box just below the Petri dish, providing the parasitoids with drinking water.