Adult activity patterns of Cnephasia jactatana Walker (Lepidoptera Tortricidae)

The New Zealand leafroller Cnephasia jactatana Walker is an important pest of kiwifruit Larvae of this species feed on dead or live plant tissues and damage the surface of the fruit or burrow deep into the flesh To provide important information for the development of adult monitoring and control methods we studied circadian rhythms and lifespan activity patterns of C jactatana The investigation was carried out at 20 2C 75 10 RH and a photoperiod of 168 h lightdark Females needed a significantly longer time to complete their life cycle than males Most moths emerged during the photophase On a circadian basis courtship activity peaked 3 and 6 h into scotophase; mating peaked 46 h into scotophase and most ovipositions occurred in the first 2 h of scotophase In the lifespan of this species male courtship display started 2 days after emergence and peaked 1 day later; mating and oviposition peaked 3 and 7 days after emergence respectively Most females initiated oviposition 1 day after mating

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Eficiência da Armadilha “R. Bianco” para Captura do Percevejo Leptoglossus zonatus Dallas (Hemiptera: Coreidae), na Cultura do Milho

EntomoBrasilis ◽

10.12741/ebrasilis.v9i2.531 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 84-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marliton Rocha Barreto ◽

Ledonir Geovani Da Silva

Keyword(s):

Attraction Effect ◽

Monitoring And Control ◽

The Third ◽

Important Pest ◽

Volume Production ◽

Insect Attraction ◽

And Control

Resumo. O milho é o cereal com maior índice de consumo, tanto industrializado como in natura, atualmente. É o grão com maior volume de produção, sendo o Brasil o terceiro maior produtor, dessa maneira, faz-se necessário uma atenção especial voltada ao monitoramento e controle de certos invasores que comprometem sua produtividade. Dentre as pragas que podem afetar essa produtividade destacamos os percevejos (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), mais especificamente o percevejo-do-milho (Leptoglossus zonatus Dallas), que tem se mostrado uma importante praga para a cultura do milho. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar a eficiência de armadilhas caseiras do tipo “R. Bianco” na captura desse percevejo. Os experimentos foram conduzidos no Sitio Nossa Senhora Aparecida, localizado no município de Sinop, MT. As armadilhas foram divididas em 10 abertas e 10 fechadas e avaliadas com e sem isca por 20 dias. O delineamento utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado (DIC) em esquema fatorial 2x2x2 com oito tratamentos e cinco repetições. As armadilhas sem iscas demonstraram maior eficiência, apresentando média superior na captura do percevejo em relação às armadilhas com isca. As armadilhas fechadas, em comparação com as abertas, demonstraram maior eficácia na retenção do inseto. O efeito da borda foi pouco representativo nesse experimento. Portanto, a presença da isca não influenciou na atração do inseto e os tratamentos submetidos ao teste sem isca apresentaram maiores quantidades e maior eficiência na captura de insetos. Levando a crer o efeito de atração do sal pelo percevejo e a localização de cada armadilha pouco influenciou na captura dos insetos.Trap Efficiency “R. Bianco” for Capture the insect Leptoglossus zonatus Dallas (Hemiptera: Coreidae) in Maize CropAbstract. Maize is the cereal with the highest consumption in both industrialized as fresh nowadays. It is the grain with higher volume production, Brazil is the third largest producer, need special attention focused on the monitoring and control of invaders who risk their productivity. Among the pests that can affect the productivity highlight the insects (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), more specifically the bedbugs corn (Leptoglossus zonatus Dallas), which has been an important pest for corn crops. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of homemade traps R. Bianco in control of this insect. The experiments were conducted in Sitio Nossa Senhora Aparecida, in the municipality of Sinop, MT. Traps were divided into 10 open and 10 closed which were evaluated with and without baits by 20 days. The design was completely randomized (DIC) in a 2x2x2 factorial with eight treatments and five repetitions. Traps without baits showed greater efficiency, with an average higher in catching the bugs regarding the traps with bait. The trap closed as compared with the open, demonstrated greater efficacy in retaining the insect. The effect of edge was little representative in this experiment. Therefore, the presence of bait did not influence the insect attraction and treatments submitted to the bait without test showed higher quantities and more efficient insect capture. Leading us to believe the attraction effect of salt by bedbug and the location of each trap had little influence in the capture of insects.

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Biology and Control of the Strawberry Aphid, Chaetosiphon fragaefolli (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Florida

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-hs253-2005 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 2005 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Silvia I. Rondon ◽

Daniel J. Cantliffe

Keyword(s):

Aphid Species ◽

Cooperative Extension Service ◽

Fragaria X Ananassa ◽

Extension Service ◽

Publication Date ◽

Control Methods ◽

University Of Florida ◽

Important Pest ◽

Successful Control ◽

And Control

The strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne) hosts a wide variety of aphid species. Most of these species have an ample variety of alternate hosts that include strawberries. The true strawberry aphid, Chaetosiphon fragaefolli (Cockerell) (Fig. 1), is considered an important pest of wild and cultivated strawberries worldwide. This aphid species is a vector of strawberry viruses such as cytorhabdovirus, one of the most dangerous viruses affecting strawberry (Krczal, 1979) (Fig. 2). Our ability to recognize this pest and the damage it causes is important in determining successful control methods. This document is HS1009, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: March 2005. HS1009/HS253: Biology and Control of the Strawberry Aphid, Chaetosiphon fragaefolli (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Florida (ufl.edu)

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Behavioral Response of Leptoglossus zonatus (Heteroptera: Coreidae) to Stimuli Based on Colors and its Aggregation Pheromone

Insects ◽

10.3390/insects9030091 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 91 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sandra Franco-Archundia ◽

Agustín Gonzaga-Segura ◽

Alfredo Jiménez-Pérez ◽

Víctor Castrejón-Gómez

Keyword(s):

Sexual Behavior ◽

Aggregation Pheromone ◽

Behavioral Response ◽

Hexane Extract ◽

The Other ◽

Monitoring And Control ◽

First Report ◽

Important Pest ◽

And Control ◽

Orange Color

The leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Heteroptera: Coreidae) is an important pest in the Americas. However, no preference of colors, sexual behavior nor aggregation pheromone has been reported, which can be used for detection, monitoring, and control purposes. In the laboratory we tested the attractiveness of white, violet, blue, green, yellow, and orange color to nymphs and adults (mated and unmated) and found that most adults and nymphs were attracted to and remained longer on blue and green colored cards than the other colors tested. We found that couples may remain in copula ≈185 min and mate ≈20 times in a 60 d period with a similar number of matings during the scotophase and the photophase. Sexual behavior consists of six patterns: grooming, abdomen movement, antenna movement, antennation, mounting, and mating. In a Y-tube olfactometer, 80 and 62.5% of the adults tested were attracted to a hexane-extract of the volatiles released by 40 males and 40 females, respectively. This is the first report of the biological evidence of an aggregation pheromone in this bug.

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How to snap your cat: optimum lures and their placement for attracting mammalian predators in arid Australia

Wildlife Research ◽

10.1071/wr14193 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

J. L. Read ◽

A. J. Bengsen ◽

P. D. Meek ◽

K. E. Moseby

Keyword(s):

Arid Zone ◽

Activity Patterns ◽

Capture Rate ◽

Camera Trap ◽

Camera Traps ◽

Monitoring And Control ◽

Feral Cats ◽

Behavioural Responses ◽

Visitation Rates ◽

And Control

Context Automatically activated cameras (camera traps) and automated poison-delivery devices are increasingly being used to monitor and manage predators such as felids and canids. Maximising visitation rates to sentry positions enhances the efficacy of feral-predator management, especially for feral cats, which are typically less attracted to food-based lures than canids. Aims The influence of camera-trap placement and lures were investigated to determine optimal monitoring and control strategies for feral cats and other predators in two regions of semi-arid South Australia. Methods We compared autumn and winter capture rates, activity patterns and behaviours of cats, foxes and dingoes at different landscape elements and with different lures in three independent 6 km × 3 km grids of 18 camera-trap sites. Key results Neither visual, olfactory or audio lures increased recorded visitation rates by any predators, although an audio and a scent-based lure both elicited behavioural responses in predators. Cameras set on roads yielded an eight times greater capture rate for dingoes than did off-road cameras. Roads and resource points also yielded highest captures of cats and foxes. All predators were less nocturnal in winter than in autumn and fox detections at the Immarna site peaked in months when dingo and cat activity were lowest. Conclusions Monitoring and management programs for cats and other predators in arid Australia should focus on roads and resource points where predator activity is highest. Olfactory and auditory lures can elicit behavioural responses that render cats more susceptible to passive monitoring and control techniques. Dingo activity appeared to be inversely related to fox but not cat activity during our monitoring period. Implications Optimised management of feral cats in the Australian arid zone would benefit from site- and season-specific lure trials.

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Advanced Process Monitoring and Control Methods for Poly Gate CD Targeting

The 17th Annual SEMI/IEEE ASMC 2006 Conference ◽

10.1109/asmc.2006.1638718 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J. Underwood ◽

J. Gray ◽

N. Shepherd ◽

M. Caldwell ◽

M. Neel ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Process Monitoring ◽

Control Methods ◽

Monitoring And Control ◽

Process Monitoring And Control ◽

And Control

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Colour Preference of the Deer Ked Lipoptena fortisetosa (Diptera: Hippoboscidae)

Insects ◽

10.3390/insects12090845 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 845

Author(s):

Annalisa Andreani ◽

Marzia Cristiana Rosi ◽

Roberto Guidi ◽

David Jafrancesco ◽

Alessandro Farini ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Potential Risk ◽

Control Strategy ◽

Experimental Period ◽

Control Methods ◽

Monitoring And Control ◽

Colour Preference ◽

Black And White ◽

Wooded Area ◽

And Control ◽

Deer Ked

Lipoptena fortisetosa, a deer ked native to Japan, has established itself in several European countries and was recently recorded in Italy. This hippoboscid ectoparasite can develop high density populations, causing annoyance to animals and concern regarding the potential risk of transmitting pathogens to humans. No monitoring or control methods for L. fortisetosa have been applied or tested up to now. This research evaluated the possible response of L. fortisetosa winged adults to different colours as the basis for a monitoring and control strategy. In the summer of 2020, a series of six differently coloured sticky panels were randomly set as traps in a wooded area used by deer for resting. The results indicated a clear preference of the deer ked for the blue panels that caught the highest number of flies during the experimental period. Lower numbers of flies were trapped on the red, green, black, and white panels, with the yellow panels recording the fewest captures. The response clearly demonstrates that this species displays a colour preference, and that coloured traps might be useful for monitoring and limiting this biting ectoparasite in natural areas harbouring wildlife and visited by people.

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Computers for data, control and simulation

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100106661 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 920-921

Author(s):

David C. Joy

Keyword(s):

Personal Computers ◽

Monitoring And Control ◽

Data Logging ◽

Data Logger ◽

Operational Conditions ◽

Data Control ◽

The Many ◽

And Control

Personal computers (PCs) are a powerful resource in the EM Laboratory, both as a means of automating the monitoring and control of microscopes, and as a tool for quantifying the interpretation of data. Not only is a PC more versatile than a piece of dedicated data logging equipment, but it is also substantially cheaper. In this tutorial the practical principles of using a PC for these types of activities will be discussed.The PC can form the basis of a system to measure, display, record and store the many parameters which characterize the operational conditions of the EM. In this mode it is operating as a data logger. The necessary first step is to find a suitable source from which to measure each of the items of interest. It is usually possible to do this without having to make permanent corrections or modifications to the EM.

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