Behavior of the Southern Pine Beetle1 on the Bark of Host Trees during Mass Attack2
- 15 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 73 (6) , 647-652
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/73.6.647
Abstract
Twenty-two percent of the southern pine beetles, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), that landed on the bark during the 1st 4 days of mass attack in east Texas, eventually entered the tree. Other beetles either flew away (43%), dropped off the host (32%), or were eaten (2%). No significant difference in searching time or distance traveled was found for day of attack or beetle sex. Males spent significantly less total time on the bark than females.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Field Response of the Southern Pine Beetle to Behavioral Chemicals 1Environmental Entomology, 1978
- FACTORS INFLUENCING THE RESPONSE OFIPS CONFUSUS(COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE) TO MALE ATTRACTANTThe Canadian Entomologist, 1967
- ASPECTS OF ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR IN THE AMBROSIA BEETLE TRYPODENDRON LINEATUM (OLIVIER)Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1967
- Sex pheromones of bark beetles—I. Mass production, bio-assay, source, and isolation of the sex pheromone of Ips confusus (LeC.)Journal of Insect Physiology, 1966