Two Quantitative Methods for Measuring Insect Activity
- 1 October 1958
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 90 (10) , 612-616
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent90612-10
Abstract
Various methods for recording the activity of insects have been reported (e.g. Park, 1935, 1937; Gunn, 1940; Hammond, 1953). In this type of investigation, three characteristics are desired in the method: a) the apparatus should be sufficiently sensitive for recording small movements in small insects; b) the portion of the apparatus in immediate contact with the insect should permit easy subjection of the organism to various environmental conditions; c) the apparatus should permit rapid and easy accumulation of data from a number of insects. Two methods have been developed in the present laboratory in attempts to meet as far as possible these desirable qualifications.Keywords
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