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VERTICAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF COCCINELLIDAE (COLEOPTERA) IN FLIGHT OVER AN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Gilles Boiteau ,
Yves Bousquet  and
W.P.L. Osborn
Gilles Boiteau
Affiliation:
Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 20280, 850 Lincoln Road, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 427
Yves Bousquet
Affiliation:
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA OC6
W.P.L. Osborn
Affiliation:
Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 20280, 850 Lincoln Road, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 427
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Abstract

Twenty-one species of Coccinellidae were trapped in flight between 0.8 and 14.3 m from 1992 to 1995 in New Brunswick, Canada. Catches were larger at 0.8 m, with a rapidly decreasing capture rate leading, on average, to more than 50% of the catches at or below 3.8 m every year. The capture rate at 14.3 m was lower than at any of the nine other levels. Hippodamia convergeas Guérin-Méneville flights were distributed close to the ground, with more than 50% of catches at 0.8 m, whereas Mulsantina hudsonica Casey flights were similar at all levels. The strong decreasing gradient of flight as a function of height for Coccinellidae (−0.825) was strongly influenced by that of H. convergens (−1.809) and of Coccinella septempunctata L. (−0.921) and Coccinella trifasciata perplexa Mulsant (−0.715). All other species had a slope of less than −0.5. The temporal distribution of flights was species specific, with maximum activity before the end of June for most, but this was not reflected in the frequency of catches for the entire family, which did not differ throughout the season, although they tended to be lower after mid-August. The weekly vertical flight distribution differed from the average distribution pattern only occasionally, probably during periods of long-distance dispersal. These profiles and known catches from a single trap location can be used to estimate dispersal activity at different heights.

Résumé

Vingt et une espèces de Coccinellidae ont été capturées en vol entre 0,8 et 14,3 m de 1992 à 1995 au Nouveau Brunswick, Canada. Les captures étaient plus élevées à 0,8 m. Par la suite, le taux de capture diminuait rapidement pour en arriver à ce que plus de 50% des captures soient, chaque année, à ou sous 3,8 m. Le taux de capture à 14,3 m était plus bas que celui des neuf autres niveaux. Les vols de Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville étaient distribués près du sol avec plus de 50% des captures à 0,8 m, tandis que ceux de Mulsantina hudsonica Casey étaient semblables à tous les niveaux. Le gradient négatif prononcé pour le vol des coccinelles en fonction de la hauteur (−0,825) est dû en grande partie aux gradients très prononcés de H. convergens (−1,809) et de Coccinella septempunctata L. (−0,921) et Coccinella trifasciata perplexa Mulsant (−0,715). Toutes les autres espèces ont un gradient de moins de −0,5. La distribution temporelle des vols était spécifique à chaque espèce avec le plus haut niveau d’activité avant la fin de Juin pour la plupart; toutefois cela ne se reflète pas dans la fréquence de capture pour la famille, laquelle ne diffère pas pendant la saison, mais est moins élevée après la mi-août. Occasionnellement, la distribution verticale hebdomadaire varie du patron moyen de distribution, probablement durant les moments de dispersion sur de longues distances. Ces profils et captures connues d’un seul piège peuvent être utilisés pour estimer l’activité de dispersion à différentes hauteurs.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 131 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 269 - 277
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1999

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