Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1989
SEASONAL ABUNDANCE AND DISPERSION PATTERNS OF DAMSEL BUGS (HEMIPTERA: NABIDAE) IN ALABAMA AND FLORIDA SOYBEAN FIELDS
SEASONAL ABUNDANCE AND DISPERSION PATTERNS OF DAMSEL BUGS (HEMIPTERA: NABIDAE) IN ALABAMA AND FLORIDA SOYBEAN FIELDS
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Page Range: 9 – 15
Seasonal abundance and dispersion characteristics of a multiple-species guild of adult and nymphal damsel bugs were determined for soybean fields located in Alabama and Florida. Damsel bugs were present in each field beginning in late June or early July. Damsel bugs then were abundant for the remainder of the growing season. The variance/mean ratio and Taylor's power law were calculated for adult and nymphal density estimates. Nymphs were aggregated and adults were slightly aggregated to random.
Keywords: Soybean; damsel bug; dispersion;
Nabis
;
Reduviolus
; natural enemies
Copyright: © 1989 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.
Contributor Notes
2 T. P. Mack, Department of Entomology, Auburn University, 301 Funchess Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849-4201.
Accepted: 26 Apr 1988