Home >> Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 77, Number 2

Relocation of Hosts by the Sheep Ked (Diptera: Hippoboscidae)

Authors: Strickman, Daniel; Lloyd, John E.; Kumar, Rabinder

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 77, Number 2, April 1984 , pp. 437-439(3)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

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Abstract:

Data from laboratory and field experiments demonstrated that Melophagus ovinus (L.) can relocate hosts from the ground. In a laboratory experiment, M. ovinus demonstrated a tendency to move upward on an exposed surface, but lost this tendency when in fibrous material such as wool. Upward movement was also inhibited by increased temperature. In the field, over 10% of 86 marked keds placed on the ground were able to mount two lambs confined in a pen. The tendency to climb to the tops of exposed objects probably helps M. ovinus relocate hosts. The decrease in this behavior at warm temperatures may contribute to declines in M. ovinus populations on sheep during spring and summer.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1984-04-01

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  • Journal of Economic Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and is divided into the following sections: apiculture & social insects; arthropods in relation to plant disease; forum; insecticide resistance and resistance management; ecotoxicology; biological and microbial control; ecology and behavior; sampling and biostatistics; household and structural insects; medical entomology; molecular entomology; veterinary entomology; forest entomology; horticultural entomology; field and forage crops, and small grains; stored-product; commodity treatment and quarantine entomology; and plant resistance. In addition to research papers, Journal of Economic Entomology publishes Letters to the Editor, interpretive articles in a Forum section, Short Communications, Rapid Communications, and Book Reviews.
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