Swindle instinct of the beetle Bactrocera cucurbitae coquillett (Diptera: tephritidae), A study at Ramgarh (Jharkhand, India).

The insect pest Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett (Diptera: tephritidae ) exhibit remarkable resistance to achieve the goal of life in adverse condition. This insect pest is one of the most successful worrier of the pest community. This beetle is commonly known as the lemon fruit fly. Higher degree of adaptation in any adverse climatic condition as extreme temperature, scarcity of food, extreme dryness, extreme cold it protect itself and make its life easy to successful survival and reproduction, this character explore its population to world-wide. The beetle Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett is a serious agriculture pest of Ramgarh (Jharkhand, India) damage the crop and tender a significant loss to the farmers. Morphology of adult, camouflage with crop field, mating at dusk and good fleer are the character to make the life of beetle successful. Larva of Bactrocera cucurvitae Coquillett have a remarkable degree of adaptation at any disturbance or threaten it become motionless and feigning death and after a minute it move fast to the safe place, it is a defensive mechanism also. These character makes the Bactrocera cucurbitae coquillett crucial, serious and a challenge for effective pest management strategies and also attract the researcher for observation and experimental studies. To control the pest population biological control is effective some braconids as Opius fletcheri and Opius compensan parasitize the pupa of pest. For rapid control some synthetic insecticides may be effective as Malathion, Dimethoate and Fenitrothion ..