Does the moon influence the predatory activity of mites?
Periodicity in predatory activity was observed in overwintered females of Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Chronobiometrical analysis revealed that an approximately circabiseptan (about-14-day) rhythm is statistically significant, with a striking depression around the full moon.
Mikulecký
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1st Medical Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
Zemek
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D000818:Animals; D008925:Mites / Q000502:physiology*; D016081:Moon; D010507:Periodicity; D011235:Predatory Behavior / Q000502:physiology*