On the influence of environmental factors on the oviposition activity of necrophagous flies
- 1. Locating an optimal oviposition site can be a challenging task for female insects, especially when dealing with a patchy, unpredictable and ephemeral food source such as carrion. Understanding the biotic and abiotic parameters that influence the oviposition behaviour of necrophagous flies is not just of great biological importance but also essential for their application in legal investigations. 2. In this study, we monitored the oviposition activity of necrophagous flies (Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae) using mouse carcasses in an urban (city) and a rural (mixed forest) habitat in Frankfurt/Germany over a 2-year period. 3. Over 240 sampling days, 220,963 larvae of 4 blow fly species and 1 flesh fly were sampled. The most abundant species was the blow fly Lucilia ampullacea, followed by its family members Calliphora vicina and Lucilia caesar, the flesh fly Sarcophaga caerulescens and Lucilia sericata. Up to seven environmental parameters were statistically significant predictors for a colonisation of the carcasses, leading to unique patterns of seasonal and daily oviposition activity for all five species. 4. Overall, the analysis showed that the seasonal adaption (the phenology of each species), the habitat (rural vs. urban) as well as temperature are the most important factors influencing the oviposition behaviour and activity of necrophagous blow flies and flesh flies.
Author: | Lena LutzORCiDGND, Marcel A. VerhoffORCiDGND, Tabea Rosenbaum, Jens AmendtORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-753305 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13121 |
ISSN: | 1365-2311 |
Parent Title (English): | Ecological entomology |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Place of publication: | Oxford [u.a.] |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2022/01/24 |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/01/24 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2023/08/30 |
Tag: | Calliphoridae; Central Europe; Sarcophagidae; habitat; modelling; seasonal adaption |
Volume: | 47 |
Issue: | 3 |
Page Number: | 14 |
First Page: | 357 |
Last Page: | 370 |
Note: | Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. |
HeBIS-PPN: | 512616434 |
Institutes: | Medizin |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit | |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |