Document Type
Peer-Review Article
Abstract
Male Aedes provocans formed canopy-level linear swarms in association with prominent trees along hedgerows or convex prominences along woodlot margins. Males oriented along the east-west or north-south axis of the swarm site and flew continuously in alternating directions along the longitudinal axis of the swarm. Swarming began shortly before (mean=-0.78 crep) and ended after sunset (mean=0.81 crep). The time of onset of swarming was more variable than the time of cessation; on 3 of 5 occasions, swarming stopped abruptly at 0.94 crep, about 2 minutes before the end of civil twilight. Swarming began 4 d after the onset of emergence of the adults and persisted for 3 weeks, but copulations were observed for only the first 6 d. In-flight mating always took place after sunset, many minutes after the onset of swarming. On average, copulation lasted 9.9 s.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Stephen M. and Gadawski, Randy M.
1994.
"Swarming and Mating in Aedes Provocans (Diptera: Culicidae),"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 27
(3)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1858
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol27/iss3/8