Journal
ECOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 24, Issue 12, Pages 2687-2699Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13889
Keywords
citizen-science; duration; emergence; insect seasonality; interactive effects; phenology; termination; voltinism
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- National Science Foundation [1702664, 1703048]
- University of Florida Biodiversity Institute (UFBI)
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [1703048] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1702664] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This study utilized community-science and museum specimen data to investigate the effects of climate and urbanization on adult insect activity timing. Results showed that detritivores and species with aquatic larval stages extended their activity periods most rapidly in response to increasing regional temperature, while species with subterranean larval stages maintained relatively constant durations. Additionally, species extended their adult activity period similarly in warmer conditions regardless of voltinism classification.
Insect phenological lability is key for determining which species will adapt under environmental change. However, little is known about when adult insect activity terminates and overall activity duration. We used community-science and museum specimen data to investigate the effects of climate and urbanisation on timing of adult insect activity for 101 species varying in life history traits. We found detritivores and species with aquatic larval stages extend activity periods most rapidly in response to increasing regional temperature. Conversely, species with subterranean larval stages have relatively constant durations regardless of regional temperature. Species extended their period of adult activity similarly in warmer conditions regardless of voltinism classification. Longer adult durations may represent a general response to warming, but voltinism data in subtropical environments are likely underreported. This effort provides a framework to address the drivers of adult insect phenology at continental scales and a basis for predicting species response to environmental change.
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