Forestry and Fisheries

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Environment

Measuring the Flight Ability of the Ambrosia Beetle, Platypus Quercivorus (Murayama), Using a Low-Cost, Small, and Easily Constructed Flight Mill

Ryuichi Okada¹, Duy Long Pham², Yasuto Ito³, Michimasa Yamasaki², Hidetoshi Ikeno¹

¹School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, ²Laboratory of Forest Biology, Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, ³Hyogo Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

We developed a low cost and small flight mill, constructed with commonly available items and easily used in experimentation. Using this apparatus, we measured the flight ability of an ambrosia beetle, Platypus quercivorus.