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Precipitation And Temperature Effects On Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Population Dynamics, David B. Taylor, Kristina Friesen, Jerry J. Zhu
Precipitation And Temperature Effects On Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Population Dynamics, David B. Taylor, Kristina Friesen, Jerry J. Zhu
David B. Taylor
The dynamics of stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), populations relative to temperature and precipitation were evaluated in a 13-yr study in eastern Nebraska. During the course of the study, >1.7 million stable flies were collected on an array of 25 sticky traps. A log-normal model using degree-days with a 15 C threshold and weekly lags 0–4 for temperature and 2–7 for precipitation provided the best fit with the observed data. The relationships of temperature and precipitation to stable fly trap catches were both curvilinear, with maxima at 6.6 degree-day-15 (22 C) and 7.4mm precipitation per day, respectively. The temperature and …