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Raising Quality Butterflies
Norm Leppla
Purposes for Rearing Insects
White witch,
Thysania
agrippina
(Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae
Painted Lady Butterfly Rearing
Carpenterworm
Rearing
Mass Rearing: Medfly
El Pino, Guatemala
Capacity of 4 billion sterile
male pupae per week
Metapa, Mexico
Maintaining the Quality
of Colonized Insects
• Collection of appropriate biotypes
• Colonization and strain development
• Rearing proficiency
• Colony management
• Optimization
• Strain replacement
• World-wide listing35 insect & 21
nematode orders
• Data submitted by
sources
• Searchable
database
• Expand clients
• Adopt-a-colony
http://www.insect.glfc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca
Field Collecting
Cabbage Loopers
Continuous Improvement
of Insect Rearing
Rearing on Artificial Diet
Maintaining the Quality
of Colonized Insects
Structured Diagnostic
Procedures
Production, Process
and Product Control
Production Control Criteria and
Standardized Tests
• Quantity- Number of Pupae or Adults
• Size- Weight of Pupae
• Fecundity- Oviposition and Egg Hatch
• Rate of Development-Synchronization
• Adult Behavior-Flight, Longevity
• Field Performance- Achieve Purpose
Periodic Review
Versus Crisis Review
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Terms of reference
Preparation
Seek to understand
Clarify
• Report
• Feedback
• Reflect
Review: Elements of an
Insect Rearing System
Total Quality Management
Total
Quality
Control
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Insect
Rearing
Magic Bullets
Preventative Versus Curative
• Honey bee decline
• Crickets
• Butterflies
• Historical- Screwworm, Medfly,
Pink Bollworm, Boll Weevil,
Gypsy Moth, Spruce Budworm
Generic Guidelines for
Quality Systems
• Policy, Planning and Administration
• Design Assurance and Change Control
• Control of Purchased Materials
• Production Quality Control
• User Contact and Field Performance
• Corrective Action
• Employees- Select, Train and Motivate
Global Quality Control
Programs
• Individual Companies
Customers
• International Standards
ISO 9000
ASTM International
IOBC Guidelines
• The Marketplace
Quality Products & Service
Seek Customer
Feedback
Learning How to Rear Quality
Insects
• Apprentice in an insectary
• Network with other professionals
• Literature plus trial-and-error
• Visit other insectaries
• Reviews by experts
• Education and Training programs
Insect Rearing Workshop
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Production System
Quality control
Nutrition & Diet
Facility Management
Environmental Biology
Health & Safety
Facility Design
Microbial Management
Population Genetics
Insect Pest
Control (IPC)
http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/ipc/public/ipc-model-plan-sterile-insect-technique.html
Leppla’s Insect Rearing Quality
Control References
• Leppla, N. C. 2009. The basics of quality control
for insect rearing. In Principles and
Procedures for Rearing Quality Insects.
Mississippi State University.
• Leppla, N. C. 2004, 2008. Rearing of Insects.
Encyclopedia of Entomology.
• Leppla, N. C. 2003. Guidelines for quality control
of commercially produced natural enemies. In
Quality Control and Production of Biological
Control Agents, Theory and Testing Proc.
• Leppla, N. C. 2002, 2009. Rearing of Insects.
Encyclopedia of Insects.
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