Liu Jie, Tallat Mariam, Wang Gensong, Li Zhi, Li Guoping, Zhao Xincheng, Feng Hongqiang
Henan Key Laboratory of Agricultural Pest Monitoring and Control, IPM Key Laboratory in Southern Part of North China for Ministry of Agriculture, International Joint Research Laboratory for Crop Protection of Henan, No. 0 Entomological Radar Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of Henan Province, Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
Insects. 2024 Oct 20;15(10):824. doi: 10.3390/insects15100824.
, also known as the fall armyworm (FAW), is classified by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a major agricultural pest. By gaining a more nuanced understanding of the fall armyworm's courtship behavior, simpler and more environmentally friendly methods of controlling this pest can be developed. This study used the Track 3D system to meticulously record and describe the activity characteristics and patterns of adult males and females during courtship. The results show that adult FAWs engaged in a variety of activities during courtship that were either discrete (flying, flapping, moving, and crawling), continuous (flapping + flying, flapping + crawling, and flying + crawling), or combined (flapping + touching + flapping; flying + touching + flying). Flying and flapping were the most common activities, with observed flight patterns consisting of parabolic, circular, and zigzag trajectories. The peak activity times for adult FAWs are mainly concentrated at 11:00 p.m., 3:00 a.m., and 5:00 a.m., providing fundamental data for the precise attraction and control of adult FAWs at later stages.
草地贪夜蛾，也被称为秋粘虫，被联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）列为主要农业害虫。通过更细致地了解草地贪夜蛾的求偶行为，可以开发出更简单、更环保的害虫控制方法。本研究使用Track 3D系统精心记录和描述了成虫在求偶期间的活动特征和模式。结果表明，草地贪夜蛾成虫在求偶期间会进行各种活动，这些活动要么是离散的（飞行、拍打、移动和爬行），要么是连续的（拍打+飞行、拍打+爬行和飞行+爬行），要么是组合的（拍打+触摸+拍打；飞行+触摸+飞行）。飞行和拍打是最常见的活动，观察到的飞行模式包括抛物线、圆形和之字形轨迹。草地贪夜蛾成虫的活动高峰时间主要集中在晚上11点、凌晨3点和凌晨5点，为后期精确诱捕和控制草地贪夜蛾成虫提供了基础数据。
