Flight mills are important tools for comparing how age, sex, mating status, temperature, or various other factors may influence an insect’s flight behavior. Here we describe protocols to tether and measure the flight propensity and performance of western corn rootworm under different treatments.
Yu, E. Y., Gassmann, A. J., Sappington, T. W. Using Flight Mills to Measure Flight Propensity and Performance of Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (LeConte). J. Vis. Exp. (152), e59196, doi:10.3791/59196 (2019).