Eur. J. Entomol. 116: 93-103, 2019 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2019.011

Factors determining local and seasonal variation in abundance of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Central EuropeOriginal article

Alois HONĚK1, Marek BRABEC2, Zdenka MARTINKOVÁ1, Anthony F.G. DIXON3, Stano PEKÁR4, Jiří SKUHROVEC1,*
1 Crop Research Institute, Drnovská 507, 16106 Prague 6 - Ruzyně, Czech Republic; e-mails: honek@vurv.cz, martinkova@vurv.cz, jirislavskuhrovec@gmail.com
2 Department of Nonlinear Modeling, Institute of Computer Sciences AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic; e-mail: mbrabec@cs.cas.cz
3 School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK; e-mail: a.f.dixon@uea.ac.uk
4 Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; e-mail: pekar@sci.muni.cz

To determine the causes of the variation in the seasonal dynamics of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) in Central Europe, numbers of adults and larvae of this invasive species were recorded on trees (Acer, Betula, Tilia) throughout the growing seasons from 2011 to 2016. Each year beetles were collected every two weeks, using a standardized sweeping method. The seasonal dynamics was expressed as plots of abundance (number of individuals per 100 sweeps) against time (Julian day) and these plots (seasonal profiles) were compared in terms of their size (area under the seasonal profile curve), range, timing and height of the mode (maximum abundance). Timing and size of seasonal profiles varied among hostplants, years and sites. Abundance of larvae paralleled aphid occurrence and peak abundance of adults followed that of larvae 10 to 20 days later. Population dynamics before and after the peak were determined by dispersal. Adults arrived at sites before the start of aphid population growth and persisted there long after aphid populations collapsed. The abundance of H. axyridis decreased from 2011 to 2013 and then increased, achieving the previous levels recorded in 2015 and 2016. The variation in seasonal profiles revealed that H. axyridis, in terms of its response to environmental conditions, is a plastic species and this flexibility is an important factor in its invasive success.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Harmonia axyridis, Eucallipterus tiliae, adult, larva, seasonal dynamics, abundance, annual variation, Central Europe

Received: October 25, 2018; Revised: March 19, 2019; Accepted: March 19, 2019; Published online: April 4, 2019  Show citation

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HONĚK, A., BRABEC, M., MARTINKOVÁ, Z., DIXON, A.F.G., PEKÁR, S., & SKUHROVEC, J. (2019). Factors determining local and seasonal variation in abundance of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Central Europe. EJE, 116, Article 93-103. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2019.011
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