Biology and ecology of the garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola (L.). VII.—The flight season: male and female behaviour, and concluding discussion.
- 10 July 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Bulletin of Entomological Research
- Vol. 51 (2), 353-378
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007485300058028
Abstract
A general description of mass behaviour of the garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola (L.), in the flight season was given earlier in this series (Milne, 1958). The outstanding features are two roughly equal and half-overlapping phases of activity: Phase 1, the swarming of the beetles over the grass sward, followed by Phase 2, the swarming on the surrounding bracken, hedges and trees. Investigation of sex proportions and mass reproductive state in the two phases permitted some deductions as to individual male and female behaviour (Milne, 1959a, b). In the present paper, further details of behaviour are given, and study of the flight season is concluded with a brief general discussion.Keywords
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