Changes in flight track angles of cabbage root fly, Delia radicum, in diffuse clouds and discrete plumes of the host‐plant volatile allylisothiocyanate
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
- Vol. 43 (3) , 275-278
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.1987.tb02222.x
Abstract
Flight tracks of female cabbage root fly, Delia radicum (L.), in odourless air, and in diffuse clouds and discrete plumes of the host‐plant volatile allylisothiocyanate (ANCS), were investigated. In diffuse ANCS D. radicum flew upwind with a smaller mean straight leg track angle with respect to the wind than in odourless air. In discrete ANCS, a larger mean straight leg track angle and a larger range of track angles occurred than in diffuse odour. The frequency distribution of these angles may have been bi‐modal. It is suggested that perceived changes in odour concentration may alter the flight track angle. This behaviour is compared to the odour‐modulated anemotaxis of male moths locating pheromone sources.RÉSUMÉ: Changements des angles de vol de Delia radicum en présence de nuages diffus ou de panaches discontinus d'allylisothiocyanate, substance volatile émise par la plante‐hôte.Nous avons étudié les chemins de vol des D. radicum femelles, en air pur, avec des émissions diffuses ou dicontinues de l'allylisothiocyanate (ANCS), substance volatile de la plante‐hôte. En présence d'ANCS diffus, D. radicum vole contre le vent. Ce vol présente des portions droites faisant un angle avec la direction du vent; l'angle moyen de ce crochets est plus petit que celui observé en air pur. En présence d'ANCS discontinu, l'angle moyen est plus grand qu'en atmosphère diffuse et surtout l'histogramme de valeur de ces angles est bimodal.On peut envisager que la perception de changements dans la concentration de l'odeur peut modifier l'angle de vol. Un tel comportement est à comparer à l'anémotaxie contre le vent, modulée par l'odeur, observée chez les papillons mâles décelant une source de phéromones.Keywords
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