Document Type
Peer-Review Article
Abstract
Short-term dispersal, dispersion, and orientation of a population of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata. were examined in a uniformly spaced planting of eggplant using a mark-recapture technique. Recaptures of marked beetles declined throughout the study, the greatest decline occurring 24 h after release. Dispersal of remaining beetles through the field was gradual; beetle numbers declined with distance from the release point during the first 3 days of the study and increased with distance thereafter. Beetles were highly aggregated for 3-4 days after release but were well dispersed for the remainder of the study. Dispersal of aggregated beetles may have been stimulated by host plant defoliation. Orientation of dispersing beetles was significantly nonrandom for the majority of the study. Beetles oriented predominantly east-northeast.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Charles E.
1988.
"Movement, Dispersion, and Orientation of a Population of the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa Decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in Eggplant,"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 21
(1)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1629
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol21/iss1/7