Outdoor Activity and Distribution of the Smokybrown Cockroach,Periplaneta fuliginosa(Dictyoptera: Blattidae)
作者:
A. G. Appel,
M. K. Rust,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 6
页码: 669-673
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1093/ee/14.6.669
出版商: Oxford University Press
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
Aspects of the outdoor activity and distribution of the smokybrown cockroach,Periplaneta fuliginosa(Serville), were studied during a 14-day period in July 1984 in Houston, Tex. Daily trapping revealed an age-class distribution of 27.2% adults (260 females : 244 males) and 72.2% nymphs (630 small : 475 medium : 214 large). Trap-catch was significantly lower following rains and correlated to the time when it rained. Rain early in the day resulted in higher trap-catches than rains occurring later in the day. The mark-recapture technique was used to estimate adult population size, movement, and home range. Of 240 females and 206 males marked and released, 12.1% and 7.3%, respectively, were recaptured at least once. A mean of 338 female and 386 maleP. fuliginosawas estimated living on the 0.23-ha study site. Of recaptured adults, 34.3% of the females and 58.8% of the males moved at least 2 m. Mean circular home ranges were 107 m2for females and 280 m2for males. Traps located near harborage sites caught>70% nymphs, whereas other traps caught<43% nymphs.
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