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The migration of Nilaparvata lugens (stål) (delphacidae) and other hemiptera associated with rice during the dry season in the Philippines: a study using radar, visual observations, aerial netting and ground trapping

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. R. Riley ,
D. R. Reynolds  and
R. A. Farrow
J. R. Riley
Affiliation:
Tropical Development & Research Institute, Radar Entomology Unit, Royal Signals & Radar Establishment, Leigh Sinton Rd., Malvern, Worcs., WR14 ILL, UK
D. R. Reynolds
Affiliation:
Tropical Development & Research Institute, Radar Entomology Unit, Royal Signals & Radar Establishment, Leigh Sinton Rd., Malvern, Worcs., WR14 ILL, UK
R. A. Farrow
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, CSIRO, G.P.O. Box 1700, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia
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Abstract

The migratory flight behaviour of Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), other delphacid and cicadellid pests of rice and some of their heteropteran predators was investigated during the dry-season crop in an irrigated rice-growing area of the Philippines. A combination of radar (including an X-band and a newly-developed Q-band system (8 mm wavelength)), aerial netting, ground trapping and visual observations was used to determine diel changes in aerial density and composition of arthropods in flight over the study site. The most abundant migrant caught in the aerial nets was Cyrtorhinus lividipennis Reuter (a mirid predator of N. lugens), with Nephotettix spp. and Nilaparvata lugens the next most abundant species. Flight activity in all migrants was found to be very largely confined to periods of about 30 min at dusk and dawn, with minimal activity at other times of the day and night. Migration distance in the dusk flight was generally limited to 6–30 km, depending on wind speed, and the dawn migration covered shorter distances due to the lighter winds. Small numbers of rice cicadellids and delphacids including N. lugens were occasionally detected later in the night, and these may have had the potential to migrate longer distances.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , March 1987 , pp. 145 - 169
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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