Movement of Monochamus alternatus Hope (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Adults among Young Black Pine Trees in a Screen Cage

• Published in: Korean Journal of Applied Entomology Vol. 50; no. 1
• Main Authors: Kim, D.S., KFRI Southern Forest Research Center, Jinju, Republic of Korea, Lee, S.M., KFRI Southern Forest Research Center, Jinju, Republic of Korea, Kim, C.S., Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Lee, D.W., Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Republic of Korea, Park, C.G., Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 01.03.2011
• Subjects: MONOCHAMUS ALTERNATUS; Movement behavior; PINUS THUNBERGII
• ISSN: 1225-0171

Movement of adult Monochamus alternatus was investigated on young black pine, Pinus thunbergii, trees for about one month in a screen cage. Number of pine trees to which M. alternatus females and males moved during the experimental period was 6.4±1.4 and 7.2±1.5 out of 15 trees, respectively. Adult females and males moved to 0.2±0.1 and 0.3±0.1 tree per day, respectively. A 74.6 and 80.7% of adult females and males moved at night (17:00-08:00) to other trees. After moving, most beetles (72.6% of females and 76.0% of males) stayed on the tree to which they moved for one to two days. Some beetles stayed for up to seven days.