Long-Range Host-Finding Behavior and Colonization of Onion Fields by Delia antiqua (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

1989 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 1111-1120 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Martinson ◽  
J. P. Nyrop ◽  
C. J. Eckenrode
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Host Finding ◽  
Delia Antiqua ◽  
Host Finding Behavior

scholarly journals Infrared radiation from hot cones on cool conifers attracts seed-feeding insects

2008 ◽  
Vol 276 (1657) ◽  
pp. 649-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Takács ◽  
Hannah Bottomley ◽  
Iisak Andreller ◽  
Tracy Zaradnik ◽  
Joseph Schwarz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Infrared Radiation ◽  
Host Finding ◽  
Mast Seeding ◽  
Experimental Ir ◽  
Ir Radiation ◽  
Leptoglossus Occidentalis ◽  
Conifer Seed

Foraging animals use diverse cues to locate resources. Common foraging cues have visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile or gustatory characteristics. Here, we show a foraging herbivore using infrared (IR) radiation from living plants as a host-finding cue. We present data revealing that (i) conifer cones are warmer and emit more near-, mid- and long-range IR radiation than needles, (ii) cone-feeding western conifer seed bugs, Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hemiptera: Coreidae), possess IR receptive organs and orient towards experimental IR cues, and (iii) occlusion of the insects' IR receptors impairs IR perception. The conifers' cost of attracting cone-feeding insects may be offset by occasional mast seeding resulting in cone crops too large to be effectively exploited by herbivores.

Host-Finding Behavior of Dinoderus bifoveolatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), an Important Pest of Stored Cassava: the Role of Plant Volatiles and Odors of Conspecifics

1999 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 766-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Borgemeister ◽  
Kerstin Schäfer ◽  
Georg Goergen ◽  
Symphorien Awande ◽  
Mamoudou Setamou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Volatiles ◽  
Host Finding ◽  
Important Pest ◽  
Host Finding Behavior

EXAMINING THE ROLE OFforagingANDmalvolioIN HOST-FINDING BEHAVIOR IN THE HONEY BEE PARASITE,Varroa destructor(ANDERSON & TRUEMAN)

2013 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana R. Cabrera ◽  
Paul D. Shirk ◽  
Peter E. A. Teal ◽  
Christina M. Grozinger ◽  
Jay D. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Varroa Destructor ◽  
Host Finding ◽  
Host Finding Behavior
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