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A Two-Air-Stream Observation Chamber for Studying Responses of Flying Insects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

P. N. Daykin  and
F. E. Kellogg
P. N. Daykin
Affiliation:
British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver 8
F. E. Kellogg
Affiliation:
British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver 8
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Abstract

The paper describes an observation chamber and air-conditioning system designed for studying the responses of flying insects at the boundary between two microclimates. Two vertical air streams each fill one half of the rectangular observation chamber. Turbulence is carefully removed so as to maintain a sharp boundary between the streams. Each stream is separately conditioned by passage through heat exchangers and plastic sponges impregnated with substances to be vapourized. Responses of flying insects are studied both photographically and by counting rates of turning at the boundary.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 97 , Issue 3 , March 1965 , pp. 264 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1965

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