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18 October 2021 Three-dimensional Movement and Distribution of Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) Adults in Stored Wheat Under Constant Temperatures and Moisture Contents
Vimala S.K. Bharathi, Fuji Jian, Digvir S. Jayas, Jason Morrison
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Understanding the movement and distribution of insects inside a grain bin is crucial to develop an effective stored grain management protocol. The three-dimensional movement and distribution of adult Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens) at 20 and 30°C were determined in a 0.7 × 0.7 × 0.7 m3 (internal dimensions) wooden box filled with wheat of uniform moisture contents (12.5 ± 0.1%, 14.5 ± 0.1%, and 16.5 ± 0.1% wet basis). The wheat at a constant moisture content was filled into 343 mesh cubes (0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 m3) and placed inside the wooden box. The center mesh cube in the box had one hundred adult insects introduced at the beginning of the movement. After 24 h, the 343 mesh cubes were removed from the wooden box in less than 45 min. Finally, the contents of each mesh cube were sieved, and the insects counted. Each experiment was replicated three times. A maximum of 17% of insects stayed at the introduced cube (center of the wooden box). About 50–88% of the introduced adults moved downward from the introduction location at the studied temperatures and moisture contents. This 24 h study showed that C. ferrugineus movements in three dimensions follow a diffusion pattern in the horizontal direction and move downward due to the ‘drift’ effect and geotaxis in the vertical direction.

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Vimala S.K. Bharathi, Fuji Jian, Digvir S. Jayas, and Jason Morrison "Three-dimensional Movement and Distribution of Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) Adults in Stored Wheat Under Constant Temperatures and Moisture Contents," Environmental Entomology 51(1), 11-21, (18 October 2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvab109
Received: 28 June 2021; Accepted: 13 September 2021; Published: 18 October 2021
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movement and distribution
stored grain
uniform moisture content
uniform temperature
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