Natalie M West, Joshua W Campbell, Tatyana A Rand, Evan S Waite, Christina Palmrose-Kreiger, Zachary A Sylvain, David H Branson
{"title":"Reclaimed oil pads harbor higher Carabidae (Coleoptera) abundances and species richness-but fall short of reestablishing the native prairie community.","authors":"Natalie M West, Joshua W Campbell, Tatyana A Rand, Evan S Waite, Christina Palmrose-Kreiger, Zachary A Sylvain, David H Branson","doi":"10.1093/ee/nvaf037","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ee/nvaf037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In grassland ecosystems, oil and gas production areas require vegetation reclamations once extractions are completed. These reclamations take years to accomplish and may appear similar to the surrounding undeveloped grasslands. To test whether reclaimed oil/gas pads successfully recover ecological communities, we collected and utilized carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as bioindicators of reclamation success. We compared carabid beetle communities on well pad reclamations and within undisturbed native prairie 50 m and 150 m from the well pad reclaim edges. Overall, we found lower carabid richness and abundance in native prairie at the 150-m distance compared to the well pad reclaims, with the 50 m distance generally falling between the two. The differences in carabid communities likely reflect previously documented differences in vegetation types and structure within the reclaimed well pads that have persisted for decades after reclamation. These reclaimed habitats may be acting as \"islands\" for certain carabid species, representing population sources or sinks that likely influence carabid dynamics within the adjacent native prairie. These findings demonstrate a long-term signature of development disturbance in the landscape.</p>","PeriodicalId":11751,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Entomology","volume":" ","pages":"489-498"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143996832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gina M Angelella, Christopher T McCullough, Megan E O'Rourke
{"title":"On-farm wildflower plantings generate opposing reproductive outcomes for solitary and bumble bee species.","authors":"Gina M Angelella, Christopher T McCullough, Megan E O'Rourke","doi":"10.1093/ee/nvaf033","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ee/nvaf033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pollinator habitat can be planted on farms to enhance floral and nesting resources, and subsequently, pollinator populations. There is ample evidence linking such plantings to greater pollinator abundance on farms, but less is known about their effects on pollinator reproduction. We placed Bombus impatiens Cresson (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Megachile rotundata (F.) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) nests out on 19 Mid-Atlantic farms in 2018, where half (n = 10) the farms had established wildflower plantings and half (n = 9) did not. Bombus impatiens nests were placed at each farm in spring and mid-summer and repeatedly weighed to capture colony growth. We quantified the relative production of reproductive castes and assessed parasitism rates by screening for conopid fly parasitism and Nosema spores within female workers. We also released M. rotundata cocoons at each farm in spring and collected new nests and emergent adult offspring over the next year, recording female weight as an indicator of reproductive potential and quantifying Nosema parasitism and parasitoid infection rates. Bombus impatiens nests gained less weight and contained female workers with Nosema spore loads over 150 times greater on farms with wildflower plantings. In contrast, M. rotundata female offspring weighed more on farms with wildflower plantings and marginally less on farms with honey bee hives. We conclude that wildflower plantings likely enhance reproduction in some species, but that they could also enhance microsporidian parasitism rates in susceptible bee species. It will be important to determine how wildflower planting benefits can be harnessed while minimizing parasitism in wild and managed bee species.</p>","PeriodicalId":11751,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Entomology","volume":" ","pages":"623-631"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143997596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The agrobiont wolf spider, Tigrosa helluo (Araneae: Lycosidae), has broad thermal limits and displays consistent temperature preferences in laboratory trials.","authors":"Matthew Sperry, Hailey C Shannon, Ann L Rypstra","doi":"10.1093/ee/nvaf053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaf053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The arthropod species that invade and persist in disturbed habitats, such as agricultural fields, likely have adaptations that allow individuals to tolerate and/or respond to abiotic extremes. We hypothesized that the agribiont wolf spider, Tigrosa helluo (Walckenaer, 1837) (Araneae, Lycosidae), would have a broad thermal tolerance range and be able to actively select favorable sites within an open landscape. We documented the reactions of juveniles and adult females when released in a hostile arena at low (4 to 7 °C), high (77 to 80 °C), or room temperatures (23 to 26 °C) and recorded the temperature where they settled as a measure of thermal preference. All individuals commenced moving in less than a minute and repeatedly relocated to regions with more amenable temperatures (≈ 20 °C) regardless of their starting point. We also determined the critical thermal maxima (CTmax) and minima (CTmin) of the subjects. The CTmax for adults was between 37 to 48 °C which was significantly higher than the values of 27 to 46 °C obtained for juveniles. The CTmin for adults was 2 to 6 °C which was significantly lower than we recorded for juveniles (between 2 and 7 °C). Taken together, the broad tolerance range, quick reactions to temperature extremes, and consistent thermal preferences displayed by T. helluo likely contribute to their success in disturbed agroecosystems. Both adult females and juveniles can withstand the thermal environment for much of the year and counter extreme temperatures through behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":11751,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Entomology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144505164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmental factors impacting leg coloration in Chrysodeixis includens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).","authors":"K Clint Allen, Blake H Elkins, Nathan S Little","doi":"10.1093/ee/nvaf031","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ee/nvaf031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The soybean looper, Chrysodeixis includens (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is widely distributed throughout North and South America. It appears on important crop hosts with mixed populations of other looper species, especially the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). One of the earliest attempts to distinguish between the 2 species was to examine the legs of caterpillars, and those that possessed \"black\" legs were considered soybean loopers. However, it was demonstrated that this characteristic was variable and not under simple genetic expression. We examined 3 different environmental factors (temperature, light duration, and rearing density) to determine if these had an impact on the development of dark coloration on soybean looper legs. Larvae were exposed to 5 distinct levels of each environmental variable. We found that all 3 factors impacted the amount of dark coloration in the legs. Larvae reared at the coldest temperature and most light displayed darker-colored legs as early as the third instar of larval development. As larval rearing density increased, dark coloration on legs also increased, but this was not apparent until the fifth instar of larval development. There was a general trend for pupal weight to decrease and days to pupation to increase as the percentage of darkness on soybean loopers' legs increased within the various treatments of the study. Overall, dark leg coloration was largely dependent on environment and an apparent fitness cost was associated with larvae exhibiting darker legs within the various rearing conditions examined.</p>","PeriodicalId":11751,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Entomology","volume":" ","pages":"565-573"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143729488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of environmental factors on predation rate for Bactrocera dorsalis on a tropical island.","authors":"Jian Wen, Xingyu Geng, Zhe Shan, Jingyao Gong, Yongyue Lu, Fengqin Cao","doi":"10.1093/ee/nvaf028","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ee/nvaf028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In tropical environments, insect prey face high predation rates due to the diverse interspecific interactions driven by various environmental factors. However, a detailed understanding of how these factors interact to influence predation rate remains limited. This complexity increases with the presence of both native and nonnative predators, yet no comprehensive assessment has been conducted. In this study, we used the pupae of the widely distributed fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis to examine how 8 tropical environmental factors affect its predation rate. Principal component analysis identified 3 principal components (PCs) that collectively explain 78.86% of the variance in the influence of these environmental factors: PC1 accounted for 49.62%, PC2 for 15.59%, and PC3 for 12.65%. PC1 was strongly influenced by patch density (loading: 0.87) and altitude (loading: -0.90), with communalities of 77.8% and 82.3%, respectively. PC2 was primarily driven by native predator diversity (loading: 0.90), with the highest communality (84.1%). PC3 was characterized by temperature (loading: 0.65) and humidity (loading: 0.70), with communalities of 81.2% and 81.8%, respectively. Although no individual PC had a significant effect on predation rate, the interaction between PC1 and PC2 was highly significant, indicating a strong combined effect. This interaction likely results from the way altitude and human disturbance contribute to habitat fragmentation, which in turn affects native predator diversity and alters the predation rate for B. dorsalis. These findings offer valuable insights into the interaction between B. dorsalis and its predators, as well as into the effectiveness of potential control strategies involving predators.</p>","PeriodicalId":11751,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Entomology","volume":" ","pages":"480-488"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143771546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aphids and their parasitoids persist using temporal pairing and synchrony.","authors":"Eduardo Engel, Douglas Lau, Wesley A C Godoy","doi":"10.1093/ee/nvaf035","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ee/nvaf035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study analyzed the population dynamics of aphids and their parasitoids in winter cereals in southern Brazil, using wavelet transform (WT) to detect patterns of periodicity and synchronization over a decade (2011 to 2020). The wavelet analysis revealed different patterns of population peaks between aphid species and their parasitoids. Aphids, such as Rhopalosiphum padi L., Sitobion avenae (Fabricius), Schizaphis graminum (Rondani), and Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker), showed varied peak frequencies, with M. dirhodum consistently exhibiting a shortening interval between outbreaks. In contrast, parasitoids maintained more-constant patterns, with peak frequencies predominantly around 12 mo. Cluster analysis identified 4 highly synchronized aphid-parasitoid pairs: S. graminum-Diaeretiella rapae (MacIntosh), R. padi-Aphidius platensis Brèthes, S. avenae-Aphidius uzbekistanicus Luzhetzki, and M. dirhodum-Aphidius rhopalosiphi De Stefani-Perez. The wavelet coherence (WC) showed significant correlations between the time series of these pairs, ranging from in-phase to anti-phase relationships over time. The results indicate that wavelet analysis is a viable tool for characterizing non-stationary time series, such as aphid and parasitoid populations. Understanding these dynamics and synchronization patterns can support integrated pest-management strategies, enabling more effective and sustainable agricultural interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":11751,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Entomology","volume":" ","pages":"644-653"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143996763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kenneth W Dearborn, Daegan J G Inward, Sandy M Smith, Chris J K MacQuarrie
{"title":"Fraxinus foliage: does host species during adult maturation feeding alter the fecundity of emerald ash borers, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)?","authors":"Kenneth W Dearborn, Daegan J G Inward, Sandy M Smith, Chris J K MacQuarrie","doi":"10.1093/ee/nvaf018","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ee/nvaf018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Herbivorous insects can have their reproductive potential influenced by the quality and species of host plants they feed upon. The emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), is an invasive pest of ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) within its introduced range. As adults, EAB must feed upon foliage to sexually mature. We compared the influence of 4 North American ash species on EAB via foliage feeding to assess impacts on female lifespan and reproductive metrics. We fed 136 female EAB, 34 in each foliage group, either black, green, tropical, or white ash throughout their adult life. We performed daily inspections for adult mortality, oviposition, and egg hatching. We found that the mean female lifespan, fertility rate, and mean egg development time were not affected by the ash species. Potential and realized fecundity each increased with summed female group lifespan (days), but this rate differed among ash species. Consequently, there was a statistically significant interaction effect of the summed female group lifespan and the host foliage. Green ash-fed EAB laid (2.94 ± 0.86 eggs/female days) and hatched (1.67 ± 0.59 eggs/female days) the most eggs, more than double the rates of EAB feeding on black (1.39 ± 0.48 laid and 0.75 ± 0.30 hatched eggs/female days) and white (1.08 ± 0.35 laid and 0.65 ± 0.22 hatched eggs/female days) ash. Adults feeding on green ash resulted in the greatest EAB fecundity suggesting that the presence of green ash may promote population growth and provide a pathway to overwhelm other ash species nearby.</p>","PeriodicalId":11751,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Entomology","volume":" ","pages":"593-602"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12199364/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143968491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acute toxicity of neonicotinoid insecticides to ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Pennsylvania.","authors":"Kirsten A Pearsons, John F Tooker","doi":"10.1093/ee/nvaf048","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ee/nvaf048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Predatory soil arthropods are under-represented in insecticide toxicity studies, severely limiting our understanding of how insecticides affect soil-invertebrate communities in agroecosystems. As a step toward addressing this issue, we conducted novel acute oral, topical, and soil-based toxicity assays on 9 ground beetle species (Coleopetera: Carabidae) in response to the neonicotinoid insecticides clothianidin, thiamethoxam, and imidacloprid. From these assays, we calculated 24 h TD50, TC50, LD50, and LC50 values, measured 24 h feeding activity, and recorded beetle survival for 7 d after exposure. Field-realistic oral, topical, or soil-based exposure to neonicotinoids rarely led to acute (<24 h) beetle mortality. Field-realistic topical and oral exposure of multiple tested species did, however, lead to significant sublethal effects-changes to mobility and feeding behavior-and decreased week-long survival. Under field conditions, carabids exposed to neonicotinoid sprays or contaminated food will be at higher risk of mortality from other factors (eg predation and starvation) which may affect their ability to contribute to biocontrol in agroecosystems. Similar toxicity assays with other carabid species, immature life stages, and additional taxa of predatory soil arthropods will further improve our understanding of how these insecticides affect soil-invertebrate communities in agroecosystems.</p>","PeriodicalId":11751,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Entomology","volume":" ","pages":"574-584"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143996747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vijaya Movva, Binita Shrestha, Stephen P Hesler, Xiuxiu Sun, Junwei Jerry Zhu, Gregory M Loeb, Jia-Wei Tay, Dong H Cha
{"title":"Oviposition deterrent as a component of a push-pull management approach for Drosophila suzukii.","authors":"Vijaya Movva, Binita Shrestha, Stephen P Hesler, Xiuxiu Sun, Junwei Jerry Zhu, Gregory M Loeb, Jia-Wei Tay, Dong H Cha","doi":"10.1093/ee/nvaf057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaf057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drosophila suzukii, spotted-wing drosophila, is a major pest of berries and cherries worldwide that attacks fruits at the ripening stage shortly before harvest. Recently, a mixture of octanoic acid and decanoic acid was developed as a 2-component oviposition deterrent (2c) as an alternative to spatial repellents for the behavioral control of spotted-wing drosophila infestation. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of the oviposition deterrent as a \"push\" component in a spotted-wing drosophila push-pull, in combination with a previously identified 4-component spotted-wing drosophila attractant (4c) as the \"pull\", and compared the effect of push (2c), pull (4c), push-pull (2c + 4c), and control on spotted-wing drosophila oviposition in the laboratory and field. In both laboratory choice and no-choice bioassays using raspberry agar as an oviposition substrate, the pull treatment alone (4c) did not result in oviposition reduction. In contrast, both 2c and 2c + 4c resulted in a similar level of reduction in spotted-wing drosophila oviposition compared to control, indicating limited efficacy of the 4c as a pull as tested in this study. Similar results were also observed in the field, where fewer spotted-wing drosophila pupae emerged from raspberries from the 2c or 2c + 4c treated raspberries compared to untreated control, for both ripening field raspberries and store-bought sentinel raspberries. No significant difference in spotted-wing drosophila infestation was observed between control and 4c treatment. Our results suggest that an oviposition deterrent has a potential use as a push component in spotted-wing drosophila push-pull.</p>","PeriodicalId":11751,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Entomology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144505162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-term survival and radial growth of four North American and two Asian ash species in a common garden exposed to emerald ash borer invasion.","authors":"River D R Mathieu, Deborah G McCullough","doi":"10.1093/ee/nvaf049","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ee/nvaf049","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Four North American and one Asian ash species were planted in 2007 in 30 complete randomized blocks in a common garden in Ingham County, Michigan USA to evaluate host resistance and preference of emerald ash borer (EAB) (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire), first detected in this area in 2003. Trees were protected from EAB colonization until 2012. We recorded current-year woodpecker holes and EAB adult exits on live trees annually from 2017 to 2022. Annual radial growth was quantified on increment cores from live trees and cross-sections from EAB-killed trees. Every Fraxinus nigra was killed by EAB by 2013. By August 2022, 63% of F. pennsylvanica, 12% of F. americana and 86% of F. chinensis trees had died. In contrast, F. quadrangulata trees were minimally colonized and remained healthy through 2022. Average (± SE) annual increment from 2007-2021 ranged from 2.65 ± 0.18 mm for F. quadrangulata to 4.61 ± 0.46 mm for F. chinensis. In an adjacent plantation planted in 2010, we assessed size, growth and EAB signs in 2022 on 12 live F. pennsylvanica and 12 Asian F. mandshurica. All F. mandshurica remained healthy with little evidence of EAB injury. Despite heavy EAB infestation, F. pennsylvanica radial growth in 2011 to 2022 remained relatively high. Results show F. nigra is highly preferred and vulnerable to EAB, followed by F. pennsylvanica, while F. americana is an intermediate host and F. quadrangulata is resistant. Of the 2 Asian species, F. mandshurica was resistant to EAB but F. chinensis trees were heavily colonized and most died.</p>","PeriodicalId":11751,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Entomology","volume":" ","pages":"603-614"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12202040/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143985593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}