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PHORETIC CARRYING CAPACITY OF FLYING SOUTHERN PINE BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

John C. Moser
John C. Moser
Affiliation:
Southern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, Pineville, Louisiana
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Mites do not have wings, but in their course of evolution many species have developed an association with insects, using them as a vehicle of distribution. Occasionally they cover the host so completely that the insect cannot fly. The literature is replete with these observations. Except for a single speculation (Fronk 1947), there are no reports as to how many mites Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman can support and still fly to its intended destination.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 8 , August 1976 , pp. 807 - 808
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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