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@article{2243525,
author = {Michálek, Ondřej and Gajski, Domagoj and Pekár, Stanislav},
article_number = {August},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103295},
keywords = {Biological control; Cacopsylla; Low temperature; Overwintering; Predation activity; Prey},
language = {eng},
issn = {0306-4565},
journal = {Journal of Thermal Biology},
title = {Winter activity of Clubiona spiders and their potential for pest control},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103295},
volume = {108},
year = {2022}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 2243525
AU - Michálek, Ondřej - Gajski, Domagoj - Pekár, Stanislav
PY - 2022
TI - Winter activity of Clubiona spiders and their potential for pest control
JF - Journal of Thermal Biology
VL - 108
IS - August
SP - 1-6
EP - 1-6
PB - Elsevier
SN - 03064565
KW - Biological control
KW - Cacopsylla
KW - Low temperature
KW - Overwintering
KW - Predation activity
KW - Prey
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103295
N2 - Winter-active arthropod predators (like vegetation-dwelling spiders) significantly suppress pest populations during winter in pome fruit orchards in Central Europe. Clubiona spiders are very abundant in orchards and have been observed to be active during winter. Here, we performed laboratory experiments to assess the movement and predation activity of clubionids at low temperatures. In addition, we also assessed prey survival (psyllids and crickets). We revealed that Clubiona spiders actively moved even at a temperature below 0 °C. Pest prey (Cacopsylla sp.) was able to survive at low temperatures, but crickets died at 3 and -1 °C. Overall Clubiona activity was very low but present during the whole observation period of five days. The predation activity of Clubiona declined with lower temperatures for both cricket and pest (Cacopsylla sp.) prey. Nevertheless, 44% and 25% of Clubiona individuals captured and consumed psyllid and cricket prey, respectively, even at the lowest temperature of −1 °C. Our results show that Clubiona spiders are active predators at low temperatures and, therefore, should contribute to the suppression of overwintering pest populations.
ER -
MICHÁLEK, Ondřej, Domagoj GAJSKI and Stanislav PEKÁR. Winter activity of Clubiona spiders and their potential for pest control. \textit{Journal of Thermal Biology}. Elsevier, 2022, vol.~108, August, p.~1-6. ISSN~0306-4565. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103295.
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