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Collecting Slime Flux Feeding Coleoptera In Japan, Brett C. Ratcliffe
Collecting Slime Flux Feeding Coleoptera In Japan, Brett C. Ratcliffe
University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers
Sappy wounds of injured or diseased trees entice a wide variety of insects. Carter (1945) stated that when fluxing is prolific or long continued, air-borne bacteria, yeasts, and fungi contaminate the oozing sap, ferment it and produce the material called slime flux. Apparently the oozing flux is toxic to the flux site and so prevents callusing by the tree. Consequently, the same tree usually can be a good collecting site for insects from year to year. My stay in Japan spanned four years, and collecting at flux sites was one of the most fruitful areas of endeavor. As soon as …