Host-Seeking Behavior of Eriborus terebrans (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Toward the European Corn Borer and the Role of Chemical Stimuli

1992 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Runlin Zhang Ma ◽  
Paul D. Swedenborg ◽  
Richard L. Jones
Keyword(s):  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Host Seeking ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Chemical Stimuli

scholarly journals Mosquito Host Seeking in 3D Using a Versatile Climate-Controlled Wind Tunnel System

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika Hinze ◽  
Jörgen Lantz ◽  
Sharon R. Hill ◽  
Rickard Ignell
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Flight Behavior ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Host Seeking ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Tunnel System

Future anthropogenic climate change is predicted to impact sensory-driven behaviors. Building on recent improvements in computational power and tracking technology, we have developed a versatile climate-controlled wind tunnel system, in which to study the effect of climate parameters, including temperature, precipitation, and elevated greenhouse gas levels, on odor-mediated behaviors in insects. To establish a baseline for future studies, we here analyzed the host-seeking behavior of the major malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae sensu strico, to human odor and carbon dioxide (CO2), under tightly controlled climatic conditions, and isolated from potential background contamination by the presence of an experimenter. When presented with a combination of human foot odor and CO2 (case study I), mosquitoes engaged in faster crosswind flight, spent more time in the filamentous odor plume and targeted the odor source more successfully. In contrast, female An. gambiae s. s. presented with different concentrations of CO2 alone, did not display host-seeking behavior (case study II). These observations support previous findings on the role of human host-associated cues in host seeking and confirm the role of CO2 as a synergist, but not a host-seeking cue on its own. Future studies are aimed at investigating the effect of climate change on odor-mediated behavior in mosquitoes and other insects. Moreover, the system will be used to investigate detection and processing of olfactory information in various behavioral contexts, by providing a fine-scale analysis of flight behavior.

Role of the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) on contamination of maize with 13Fusariummycotoxins

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Blandino ◽  
Valentina Scarpino ◽  
Francesca Vanara ◽  
Michael Sulyok ◽  
Rudolf Krska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Corn Borer
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