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Building an Enhanced Flight Mill for the Study of Tethered Insect Flight

Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2021
Makerspaces have a high potential of enabling researchers to develop new techniques and to work with novel species in ecological research. This protocol demonstrates how to take advantage of the technology found in makerspaces in order to build a more versatile flight mill for a relatively low cost.
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Flight Capacity of the Walnut Twig Beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) on a Laboratory Flight Mill

Environmental Entomology, 2017
The walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman, and associated fungus Geosmithia morbida Kolařík, Freeland, Utley, & Tisserat constitute the insect-fungal complex that causes thousand cankers disease in walnut, Juglans spp., and wingnut, Pterocarya spp.
Aubree M, Kees, Andrea R, Hefty, Robert C, Venette, Steven J, Seybold, Brian H, Aukema   +4 more
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A Flight Mill System for the Laboratory Study of Mosquito Flight

Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1968
A flight mill system is described for the quantitative assessment of mosquito flight performance under controlled laboratory conditions. The system includes a device which insures uniform attachment and orientation of mosquitoes to flight mill arms. Attachment and orientation of the mosquito prior to flight are second in importance only to the over-all
Wayne A. Rowley, Charles L. Graham, Robert E. Williams   +2 more
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Flight Performance and Dispersal Potential of Red Palm Weevil Estimated by Repeated Flights on Flight Mill

Journal of Insect Behavior, 2018
The red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; Olivier, 1790) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) has recently become the most severe palm pest in the Mediterranean basin. Its dispersal was initially supported mainly by the acquisition of infested trees, but was further facilitated by the weevils’ flight.
Shay Barkan, Aharon Hoffman, Amots Hezroni, Victoria Soroker   +3 more
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An Automatically Recording Insect Flight Mill

The Canadian Entomologist, 1966
AbstractSpecifications and construction of an automatically recording insect flight mill are described. Revolutions of individual flight mills are recorded, by means of photocells, on electric counters.
H. W. Smith, M. M. Furniss
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Flight Behavior and Performance ofRhodnius pallescens(Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on a Tethered Flight Mill

Journal of Medical Entomology, 2014
ABSTRACT Flight dispersal of the triatomine bug species Rhodnius pallescens Barber, the principal vector of Chagas disease in Panama, is an important mechanism for spreading Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of Chagas disease. This study measures R. pallescens flight performance using a tethered flight mill both when uninfected, and when infected with
Lauren A, Castro, Jennifer K, Peterson, Azael, Saldana, Milixa Y, Perea, Jose E, Calzada, Vanessa, Pineda, Andrew P, Dobson, Nicole L, Gottdenker   +7 more
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Flight capacities of three species of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) estimated in a flight mill

Aquatic Insects, 2020
To understand the life history strategies of diving beetles, it is important to obtain information regarding their flight capacities.
Ryosuke Matsushima, Tomoyuki Yokoi
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Assessing Flight Potential of the Invasive Asian Longhorned Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) With Computerized Flight Mills

Journal of Economic Entomology, 2017
The Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), is an invasive woodborer that poses a serious threat to urban and natural landscapes. In North America, this beetle is a quarantine pest, and populations are subject to eradication efforts that consist of the identification, removal, and ...
Vanessa M, Lopez, Mark S, Hoddle, Joseph A, Francese, David R, Lance, Ann M, Ray   +4 more
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LABORATORY STUDIES OF MOSQUITO FLIGHT: 1. A FLIGHT MILL SYSTEM

1967
Abstract : A flight mill system is described for the quantitative assessment of mosquito flight performance under controlled laboratory conditions. The system includes a device which insures uniform attachment and orientation of mosquitoes to flight mill arms.
Robert E. Williams, Charles L. Graham, Wayne A. Rowley   +2 more
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Comparison of the performance of Cicadulina leafhoppers on flight mills with that to be expected in free flight

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 1997
AbstractFlight mills are commonly used to assess the relative flight performance of migratory insects, but uncertainties about the rate of energy expenditure on the mill mean that absolute estimates of flight endurance are not usually attempted. In this paper we describe how we measured the power delivered to a lightweight flight mill by tethered ...
J. R. Riley, M. C. A. Downham, R. J. Cooter   +2 more
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