Daily Activity Patterns and within-Field Distribution of Papaya Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Morelos and Veracruz, Mexico

• DOI: 10.1093/aesa/90.4.505
• Publication Date: 2015-01-13T18:24:08Z
• Authors: MartíN Aluja; Alfredo JiméNez; Jaime Piñero; Mario Camino; Lucila Aldana; Maria Elena ValdéS; Victor CastrejóN; Isabel Jácome; Ana Bel Dávila; Rodolfo Figueroa
• Keywords: Orchard

We quantified within-orchard distribution patterns and diel of oviposition, male calling, mating, feeding, resting behaviors wild papaya fruit flies, Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker, in experimental commercial orchards the states Morelos Veracruz, Mexico. Essential resources (e.g., oviposition substrates, sites to perform sexual activities, food, shelter) were identified both plantations adjacent native vegetation. In monocrops, T. adults fly back forth between vegetation plantations. They enter morning leave them afternoon. As a consequence, highest proportion individuals was sighted border rows (those closest vegetation). If are mixed (papaya, mango, avocado, guanabana), daily movement differ when compared with those observed monocrops. Here, most flies seen areas next mango or avocado trees (shelter sites) not plantation borders. discuss our findings light their practical implications.