Lekking Behavior of the Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Academic Article

abstract

• We describe the lekking behavior of the black soldier fly. If this lekking behavior at specific habitats is needed for H. illucens mating to occur, the identification and conservation of these sites near CAFOs would be important. Without these sites, we hypothesize that mating may be reduced or not occur at all, resulting in a reduction in the soldier fly population and associated benefits. We would like to thank J. Ruberson and J. Greene for their helpful comments on this manuscript.

authors

• Tomberlin, Jeffery

published proceedings

• Florida Entomologist

altmetric score

• 9

author list (cited authors)

• Tomberlin, J. K., & Sheppard, D. C.

citation count

• 58

complete list of authors

• Tomberlin, Jeffery K||Sheppard, D Craig

publication date

• January 2001

publisher

• JSTOR  Publisher

published in

• Florida Entomologist: an international journal for the Americas  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2307/3496413

start page

• 729

end page

• 729

volume

• 84

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3496413