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Abstract
Spodoptera frugiperda, also known as the fall armyworm (FAW), is classified by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a major agricultural pest. By gaining a more nuanced understanding of the fall armyworm's courtship behavior, simpler and more environmentally friendly methods of controlling this pest can be developed. This study used the Track 3D system to meticulously record and describe the activity characteristics and patterns of adult males and females during courtship. The results show that adult FAWs engaged in a variety of activities during courtship that were either discrete (flying, flapping, moving, and crawling), continuous (flapping + flying, flapping + crawling, and flying + crawling), or combined (flapping + touching + flapping; flying + touching + flying). Flying and flapping were the most common activities, with observed flight patterns consisting of parabolic, circular, and zigzag trajectories. The peak activity times for adult FAWs are mainly concentrated at 11:00 p.m., 3:00 a.m., and 5:00 a.m., providing fundamental data for the precise attraction and control of adult FAWs at later stages.
蚜蝇(Spodoptera frugiperda)又称秋军虫(FAW),被联合国粮食及农业组织(FAO)列为主要农业害虫。通过更细致地了解秋虫的求偶行为,可以开发出更简单、更环保的方法来控制这种害虫。这项研究利用 Track 3D 系统细致记录和描述了求偶过程中雄性成虫和雌性成虫的活动特征和模式。结果表明,成虫在求偶期间的活动多种多样,有的是离散的(飞行、拍打、移动和爬行),有的是连续的(拍打+飞行、拍打+爬行和飞行+爬行),有的是组合的(拍打+触摸+拍打;飞行+触摸+飞行)。飞行和拍打是最常见的活动,观察到的飞行模式包括抛物线轨迹、环形轨迹和之字形轨迹。成虫的活动高峰期主要集中在晚上11:00、凌晨3:00和早上5:00,这为后期精确吸引和控制成虫提供了基础数据。
InsectsAgricultural and Biological Sciences-Insect Science
CiteScore
5.10
自引率
10.00%
发文量
1013
审稿时长
21.77 days
期刊介绍:
Insects (ISSN 2075-4450) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal of entomology published by MDPI online quarterly. It publishes reviews, research papers and communications related to the biology, physiology and the behavior of insects and arthropods. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Electronic files regarding the full details of the experimental procedure, if unable to be published in a normal way, can be deposited as supplementary material.