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Lipid accumulation and migratory flight in the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. M. Hunter ,
L. McCulloch  and
D. E. Wright
D. M. Hunter
Affiliation:
Australian Plague Locust Commission, Department of Primary Industry, Canberra 2600, Australia
L. McCulloch
Affiliation:
Australian Plague Locust Commission, Department of Primary Industry, Canberra 2600, Australia
D. E. Wright
Affiliation:
Australian Plague Locust Commission, Department of Primary Industry, Canberra 2600, Australia
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Abstract

Long distance migration by adults of Chortoicetes terminifera (Wlk.) in Australia was shown to be associated with the accumulation of fat-body lipid. Lipid was accumulated if the plant growth index was 0·3 or more within a week of the final moult; when the plant growth index was less than 0·3, there was little fat accumulation. Locusts with large amounts of fat-body lipid migrated on nights with warm strong winds, while those with little persisted.

Type
Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 71 , Issue 4 , December 1981 , pp. 543 - 546
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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