Management of flying insects on expressways through an academic-industrial collaboration: evaluation of the effect of light wavelengths and meteorological factors on insect attraction
Insect outbreaks often occur in the absence of natural enemies and in the presence of excess suitable host materials. Outbreaks of gypsy moths are especially problematic in remote areas located in high-latitude regions in Japan because the majority of adults emerge during the short summer season and...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7690004 2023-05-15T18:28:37+02:00 Management of flying insects on expressways through an academic-industrial collaboration: evaluation of the effect of light wavelengths and meteorological factors on insect attraction Komatsu, Masahiro Kurihara, Keigo Saito, Susumu Domae, Mana Masuya, Naoki Shimura, Yuta Kajiyama, Shunichiro Kanda, Yuna Sugizaki, Kouki Ebina, Kouji Ikeda, Osamu Moriwaki, Yudai Atsumi, Naohiro Abe, Katsuyoshi Maruyama, Tadashi Watanabe, Satoshi Nishino, Hiroshi 2020-11-26 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7690004/ https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-020-00163-7 en eng BioMed Central http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7690004/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-020-00163-7 © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. CC0 PDM CC-BY Zoological Lett Research Article Text 2020 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-020-00163-7 2020-12-06T01:48:08Z Insect outbreaks often occur in the absence of natural enemies and in the presence of excess suitable host materials. Outbreaks of gypsy moths are especially problematic in remote areas located in high-latitude regions in Japan because the majority of adults emerge during the short summer season and initiate synchronous mass flight toward artificial lights. The aggregation of moths in public facilities not only is an annoyance to visitors but also permits the establishment of new populations the following year. The aim of this study was to establish a method to reduce the numbers of large moths that are attracted to lights in the rest areas of expressways in Hokkaido based on the results of research on their behavioral ecology and physiology. First, we conducted extensive insect surveys using light traps that emit light at different wavelengths; the traps were set along the expressways in the summers of 2014–2018. The insects attracted to the light were roughly classified into those showing a preference for broadband light wavelengths (from UV-A to green) and short light wavelengths (from UV-A to blue). The former included aquatic insects and winged ants, and the latter included moths and beetles. Next, we analyzed correlations between moth emergence and daily meteorological data. When gypsy moths were abundant during an outbreak, the daily catch of gypsy moths was positively correlated with the highest ambient temperature on the catch day but not with the visibility range, wind speed, or moon phase. In contrast, the daily catch of oak silkmoths did not correlate with any of these parameters. Our results provide guidance for the management of forest insects inhabiting cool-temperate to subarctic regions based on light wavelengths with reference to weather variables. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40851-020-00163-7. Text Subarctic PubMed Central (PMC) Zoological Letters 6 1 |
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Insect outbreaks often occur in the absence of natural enemies and in the presence of excess suitable host materials. Outbreaks of gypsy moths are especially problematic in remote areas located in high-latitude regions in Japan because the majority of adults emerge during the short summer season and initiate synchronous mass flight toward artificial lights. The aggregation of moths in public facilities not only is an annoyance to visitors but also permits the establishment of new populations the following year. The aim of this study was to establish a method to reduce the numbers of large moths that are attracted to lights in the rest areas of expressways in Hokkaido based on the results of research on their behavioral ecology and physiology. First, we conducted extensive insect surveys using light traps that emit light at different wavelengths; the traps were set along the expressways in the summers of 2014–2018. The insects attracted to the light were roughly classified into those showing a preference for broadband light wavelengths (from UV-A to green) and short light wavelengths (from UV-A to blue). The former included aquatic insects and winged ants, and the latter included moths and beetles. Next, we analyzed correlations between moth emergence and daily meteorological data. When gypsy moths were abundant during an outbreak, the daily catch of gypsy moths was positively correlated with the highest ambient temperature on the catch day but not with the visibility range, wind speed, or moon phase. In contrast, the daily catch of oak silkmoths did not correlate with any of these parameters. Our results provide guidance for the management of forest insects inhabiting cool-temperate to subarctic regions based on light wavelengths with reference to weather variables. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40851-020-00163-7. |
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Komatsu, Masahiro Kurihara, Keigo Saito, Susumu Domae, Mana Masuya, Naoki Shimura, Yuta Kajiyama, Shunichiro Kanda, Yuna Sugizaki, Kouki Ebina, Kouji Ikeda, Osamu Moriwaki, Yudai Atsumi, Naohiro Abe, Katsuyoshi Maruyama, Tadashi Watanabe, Satoshi Nishino, Hiroshi |
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Komatsu, Masahiro Kurihara, Keigo Saito, Susumu Domae, Mana Masuya, Naoki Shimura, Yuta Kajiyama, Shunichiro Kanda, Yuna Sugizaki, Kouki Ebina, Kouji Ikeda, Osamu Moriwaki, Yudai Atsumi, Naohiro Abe, Katsuyoshi Maruyama, Tadashi Watanabe, Satoshi Nishino, Hiroshi |
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Management of flying insects on expressways through an academic-industrial collaboration: evaluation of the effect of light wavelengths and meteorological factors on insect attraction |
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Management of flying insects on expressways through an academic-industrial collaboration: evaluation of the effect of light wavelengths and meteorological factors on insect attraction |
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