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Does the moon influence the predatory activity of mites?

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Periodicity in predatory activity was observed in overwintered females ofTyphlodromus 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.

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  1. 1st Medical Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    M. Mikulecký

  2. Institute of Entomology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Česke Budějovice, Czechoslovakia

    R. Zemek

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Mikulecký, M., Zemek, R. Does the moon influence the predatory activity of mites?. Experientia 48, 530–532 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01928182

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