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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
卷 108, 期 6, 页码 2599-2609出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov240
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color morph; dispersal; flight; kurtosis; Saudi Arabia
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- Saudi ARAMCO (Arabian American Oil Company)
- Date Palm Research Center for Excellence, King Faisal University, Al Ahsaa [31982]
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Adult Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) captured in pheromone-baited traps in commercial date palm orchards in the Al Ahsaa Directorate, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, were used in computerized flight mill studies to determine the flight characteristics of this highly invasive and destructive palm pest. Flight mill studies were run at three different time periods, winter (December), spring (March), and summer (May). Of the 192 weevils tethered to flight mills similar to 30% failed to fly > 1 km. Of those weevils flying > 1 km (n = 139), 55% flew > 10 km, and of these flyers 5% flew > 50 km in 24 h. Flying weevils exhibited an average weight loss of 20-30% and nonflying control weevils lost similar to 9-13% body weight in 24 h. Male and female weevils flying in summer (average laboratory temperature was similar to 27A degrees C) flew the longest average distances (similar to 25-35 km), exhibited highest weight reductions (similar to 30%), and greatest mortality rates (similar to 80%). Consequently, time of year not weevil sex or color morph had a consistent and significant effect on flight activity, weight loss, and survivorship rates. Flight activity was predominantly diurnal commencing around 5:00 a.m. and peaking between 9-11:00 a.m. before tapering off. The distribution of flight distances combined across season and sex was mesokurtic (i.e., normally distributed).
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