Flight of the Salt Marsh Tabanidae (Diptera), Tabanus Nigrovittatus, Chrysops Atlanticus and C. Fuliginosus: Correlation with Temperature, Light, Moisture and Wind Velocity1
- 30 December 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 12 (5) , 551-557
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/12.5.551
Abstract
The flight activities of the greenhead fly, Tabanus nigrovittatus Macquart (collected by traps), and deer flies, Chrysops atlanticus Peehuman and Chrysops fuliginosus Wiedemann (both collected by netting from a human), were measured in the field and correlated with the environmental conditions during the collection periods. The highest number of T. nigrovittatus were correlated with intermediate light intensity (40,000 lux), temperatures around 25°C and no wind. C. atlanticus was most active at relatively low light intensity (5000 lux), high tempteratures (30°C) and air moisture equivalent to 8 mm Hg vapor pressure deficit. The greatest activity of C. fuliginosus was correlated with high levels of light (100,000 lux). Graphs are presented for both actual and predicted levels of flight activity for the significantly correlated values of light, VPD, temperature and wind for each species.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: