CONFINEMENT STIMULATES TRIVIAL FLIGHT IN COCCINELLA-SEPTEMPUNCTATA (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE)

Authors
NEDVED O HODEK I
Citation
O. Nedved et I. Hodek, CONFINEMENT STIMULATES TRIVIAL FLIGHT IN COCCINELLA-SEPTEMPUNCTATA (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE), European journal of entomology, 92(4), 1995, pp. 719-722
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
European journal of entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
12105759
Volume
92
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
719 - 722
Database
ISI
SICI code
1210-5759(1995)92:4<719:CSTFIC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Coccinellids (ladybird beetles) are usually kept in small containers b efore or during flight tests. We have recorded in mature reproductive adults of Coccinella septempunctata that confinement can increase both the tendency to fly (take-oft) and the performance (duration) of triv ial flight. This possibility should be taken into consideration in the interpretation of flight tests.