2017
DOI: 10.57182/jbiopestic.10.2.154-162
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Diurnal Foraging Behavior of an Aphidophagous Hoverfly in an Insectary Plant Patch

Abstract: A series of foraging bouts of Episyrphus balteatus (DeGeer) females were observed and recorded throughout the day in phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia Bentham) patches. The dominant transitions of interplant movement, approaching and probing bouts were statistically more frequent in the morning than in the afternoon. In the morning, interplant movement of foragers was significantly longer and they were moving at higher places of phacelia patches. They approached and probed flowers considerably longer in morning… Show more

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