Insects (2020) 11 (2 - 110)

Lauren M. Perez, Patricia J. Moore, Mark R. Abney and Michael D. Toews (2020)
Species composition, temporal abundance and distribution of insect captures inside and outside commercial peanut shelling facilities
Insects 11 (2 - 110)
Abstract: Insect populations were studied within two commercial peanut shelling facilities located in the southeastern United States. Commercially available pheromone/kairomone-baited dome traps and pheromone-baited flight traps were deployed throughout processing and shipping portions of the shelling plants and serviced weekly over one year. Lasioderma serricorne, Tribolium castaneum, Typhaea stercorea, Carpophilus spp., Plodia interpunctella and Cadra cautella were the most common captures across locations. Lasioderma serricorne made up 87% and 88% of all captures in dome traps in plants one and two, respectively. While L. serricorne was not captured during the winter months in flight traps, it was captured with near 100% frequency in dome traps, suggesting that populations persisted throughout the year inside the facilities. Tribolium castaneum populations were active year round. Across insect species and trap type, temperature was a significant covariate for explaining variation in insect counts. After accounting for the effect of temperature, there were always more insects captured in the processing portions of the facilities compared to the shipping areas. A negative linear relationship was observed between captures of L. serricorne and T. castaneum and trap distance from in-shell peanuts entering the shelling facilities. Conversely, fungivores were more evenly distributed throughout all parts of the shelling plants. These data suggest that management efforts should be focused where in-shell peanuts enter to reduce breeding and harborage sites for grain feeding insects.
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Database assignments for author(s): Michael D. Toews

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution
environment - cropping system/rotation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tribolium castaneum	Stored nuts	U.S.A. (SE)
	Plodia interpunctella	Stored nuts	U.S.A. (SE)
	Typhaea stercorea	Stored nuts	U.S.A. (SE)
	Lasioderma serricorne	Stored nuts	U.S.A. (SE)
	Cadra cautella	Stored nuts	U.S.A. (SE)