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Movement of Adult Colorado Potato Beetles, \u3ci\u3eLeptinotarsa Decemlineata\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in Response to Isolated Potato Plots
Mark recapture techniques were used to determine Colorado potato beetle movement in circular arenas with isolated plots of potatoes at each ordinal direction. Post-diapause beetles aggregated on one or a few of the plants in one of the plots for each release, but not on the same plants in different releases. Differences in plant attractiveness were therefore not likely responsible for the aggregatory behavior. Aggregations were probably a result of either coordinated movement from the release site to the plants or an aggregatory signal with a range of at least 15 m. Summer adults did not aggregate on plants. Correlations of summer beetle recapture distributions to wind direction showed that anemotactic behavior could not account for the major portion of variation in beetle orientation to the potato plots. Some positive attraction to the plots was indicated because more beetles were recaptured at the plots than would be expected from random motion. The number of beetles recaptured at plots covered by cheesecloth was not significantly different from recaptures on uncovered plots, indicating little reliance on visual cues specific to potatoes for location of the plants
Marking Adult Colorado Potato Beetles, \u3ci\u3eLeptinotarsa Decemlineata\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Using Paper Labels
The smooth elytra of adult Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, make this insect difficult to make efficiently for long-term field studies. Enamel paint marks fell off rapidly, and after 28 days, 25010 of marked beetles had lost all four original marks. Use of small paper labels glued to the elytra after an acetone wash and sanding pretreatment was the most effective method for long term marking of individual beetles. Mortality in labeled laboratory-reared and field-collected beetles did not increase when compared to unmarked beetles
Tidal wave in 102Pd: Rotating condensate of up to seven d-bosons
The yrast states of even even vibrational and transitional nuclei are inter-
preted as a rotating condensate of interacting d-bosons and the corresponding
semi-classical tidal wave concept. A simple experimental manifestation of the
anharmonicity caused by the boson interaction is found. The interpretation is
substantiated by calculations based on the Collective Model and the Cranking
Model.Comment: Proceedings of CGS1
Emergence of rotational bands in ab initio no-core configuration interaction calculations of light nuclei
The emergence of rotational bands is observed in no-core configuration
interaction (NCCI) calculations for the odd-mass Be isotopes (7<=A<=13) with
the JISP16 nucleon-nucleon interaction, as evidenced by rotational patterns for
excitation energies, quadrupole moments, and E2 transitions. Yrast and
low-lying excited bands are found. The results demonstrate the possibility of
well-developed rotational structure in NCCI calculations using a realistic
nucleon-nucleon interaction.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures; to be published in Phys. Lett.
Spontaneous polarisation of the neutral interface for valence asymmetric coulombic systems
In this paper, we discuss the phenomenon of a spontaneous polarisation of a
neutral hard planar interface for valence asymmetric coulombic systems. Within
a field theoretical description, we account for the existence of non trivial
charge density and electric potential profiles. The analysis of the phenomenon
shows that the effect is related to combinatorics in relation with the
existence of the two independent species cations and anions. This simple and
basic feature is related to the quantum mechanical properties of the system.
The theoretical results are compared with numerical simulations data and are
shown to be in very good agreement, which a fortiori justifies our physical
interpretation.Comment: 12 pages, 11 figure
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