Differential sunlight exposure affects settling behaviour of hemlock woolly adelgid crawlers
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY, 22(4), 309–318.
author keywords: Adelges tsugae; eastern hemlock; forest insects; invasive species; negative phototaxis; shade; Tsuga canadensis; ultraviolet light; visible light
TL;DR:
The results suggest that A. tsugae crawlers are negatively phototactic and/or thermotactic, with behaviour influenced more by visible light than ultraviolet light.
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