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. 2012 Apr 16;5(5):511–523. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00262.x

Table 5.

Predicted change in the date of field CDL based on CDL values measured under laboratory conditions*

Predicted date for 50% diapause in the field

Field site CDL With original CDL CDL from this study Difference (days shifted)
LWY 14.71 August 14 August 19 5
LNV 14.16 July 31 August 24 25
PCO 14.48 July 24 August 11 18
ANM 13.96 Univoltine August 14
PCO (field)§ 14.23 July 26 August 10 15

ANM, Artesia New Mexico; LNV, Lovelock, Nevada; LWY, Lovell, Wyoming; PCO, Pueblo, Colorado.

*

CDL was originally measured at 14.88 h under controlled conditions, while field CDL was measured at 14.65 h based on the average at five field sites (Bean et al. 2007b). Field CDL is calculated by subtracting 0.23 h (14 min) from laboratory-measured CDL.

These are predicted dates given the CDL measured in the laboratory for each population. The original CDL predictions had already been made for field sites LWY, LNV, and PCO and agreed closely with actual CDLs measured in the field (Bean et al. 2007a).

Day lengths never reach 14.65 h at the ANM site, so using the original CDL, there would be no reproduction in the first summer generation, making insects at this site univoltine.

§

These data are taken from field measurements carried out in 2003 and again in 2008 and represent actual developmental status in the field. Field measurements closely match laboratory based predictions in 2003 (July 24 versus July 26, Bean et al. 2007a) and again in 2008 (August 10 versus August 11, see Fig. 2).