Precipitation and Temperature Effects on Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Population Dynamics

摘要

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 degrees 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 degreeday-15 (approximate to 22 degrees C) and 7.4mm precipitation per day, respectively. The temperature and precipitation model accounted for 72% of the variance in seasonal trap catches.