The Analysis of Numbers and Distribution in an Aerial Population of Macrolepidoptera

Taylor, L. R.; Carter, C. I.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1961.tb02296.x

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“…Four of the 11 species present in all data sets were attracted to light, while two avoided it. Other insects have equally variable pattern, and Taylor and Carter () found one species being 5000 times more probable to fly to light than another. In our study, light attraction differed with the same magnitude, with Apatania stigmatella being about 5500 times more likely to fly to light than Lype phaeopa (comparison of samples in Rickleån 1972, with similar traps as those used by Taylor and Carter, ).…”

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Night, light and flight: light attraction in Trichoptera

Larsson

Göthberg

Milberg

2019

Insect Conserv Diversity

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1. Artificial light is an important and necessary part of urban environments, but light can have substantial direct and indirect effects on populations of various organisms. Urban areas are often situated close to water and thus organisms dependent on water could be especially vulnerable. Trichoptera is one of the most abundant insect orders in freshwater, but its attraction to light has not been analysed in detail.2. We contrasted catches in light traps and passive traps at three locations in Sweden.3. The results showed that artificial light can affect Trichoptera populations. Attraction to light varied between Trichoptera species and females were more attracted than males. Day-, evening-and especially night-active species were all attracted to light. Light catches of day-and evening-active Trichoptera could partly be a consequence of atypical flight activity, i.e. they are deceived to take flight when a lamp is lit during night.4. In all, artificial light can alter Trichoptera populations, sex ratios and species composition. This impact should be considered when erecting and managing light sources near waterways.

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Night, light and flight: light attraction in Trichoptera

Larsson

Göthberg

Milberg

2019

Insect Conserv Diversity

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“…Pedgley et al, 1990;Taylor and Carter, 1961;Gregg et al, 1994;Marchand and McNeil, 2000;Chapman et al, 2016). The 'minimum temperature threshold' required for migratory flights in two medium-sized noctuid moth species (wingspan: 30-40 mm) was estimated to be ∼8°C (Taylor and Carter, 1961). We conducted our experiments on practically windless nights, with air temperatures distinctly above 8°C, so if the weather influenced our experiments at all, wind and air temperature are presumably only of secondary importance for the interpretation of our data.…”

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“…The influence of wind and temperature on the behaviour of insects is described extensively in the literature (e.g. Pedgley et al, 1990;Taylor and Carter, 1961;Gregg et al, 1994;Marchand and McNeil, 2000;Chapman et al, 2016). The 'minimum temperature threshold' required for migratory flights in two medium-sized noctuid moth species (wingspan: 30-40 mm) was estimated to be ∼8°C (Taylor and Carter, 1961).…”

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Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe

Dreyer

Jundi

Kishkinev

et al. 2018

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Insect migrations are spectacular natural events and resemble a remarkable relocation of biomass between two locations in space. Unlike the well-known migrations of daytime flying butterflies, such as the painted lady (Vanessa cardui) or the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), much less widely known are the migrations of nocturnal moths. These migrationstypically involving billions of moths from different taxahave recently attracted considerable scientific attention. Nocturnal moth migrations have traditionally been investigated by light trapping and by observations in the wild, but in recent times a considerable improvement in our understanding of this phenomenon has come from studying insect orientation behaviour, using verticallooking radar. In order to establish a new model organism to study compass mechanisms in migratory moths, we tethered each of two species of central European Noctuid moths in a flight simulator to study their flight bearings: the red underwing (Catocala nupta) and the large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba). Both species had significantly oriented flight bearings under an unobscured view of the clear night sky and in the Earth's natural magnetic field. Red underwings oriented southsoutheast, while large yellow underwings oriented southwest, both suggesting a southerly autumn migration towards the Mediterranean. Interestingly, large yellow underwings became disoriented on humid (foggy) nights while red underwings remained oriented. We found no evidence in either species for a time-independent sky compass mechanism as previously suggested for the large yellow underwing.

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“…Where interference by the sun is concerned, it may be assumed that light-traps will provide a useful indication of flight activity between the two Astronomical Twilights, the limits of which have accordingly been indicated on all diagrams in this paper. It will be realised that, in this respect, light-traps will measure nocturnal flight activity much better near the equator than in temperate latitudes, in which the variable efficiency of the traps during the long twilight periods of summer makes them unreliable for this purpose (Taylor & Carter, 1961).…”

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