Open ocean nocturnal insect migration in the Brazilian South Atlantic with comments on flight endurance

Rayan Alves; Luíz A.A. Costa; Alexandre Soares; Nayane A. A. Silva; Ângelo P. Pinto

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Open ocean nocturnal insect migration in the Brazilian South Atlantic with comments on flight endurance

Rayan Alves Luíz A.A. Costa Alexandre Soares Nayane A. A. Silva Ângelo P. Pinto

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Abstract

We observed a nocturnal insect swarm aboard the oceanographic ship Cruzeiro do Sul of the Brazilian Navy, while conducting a survey of the Montague guyot (seamount), 389 km distant from the nearest land in the South Atlantic. The insects came from open sea toward the ship from all directions, attracted by the powerful light of the deck. Most insects collided with the hull and fell into the ocean, but we managed to capture and determine 17 (13 Hemiptera of a single species, three Lepidoptera of three species and one Odonata). With one exception, we are certain that none of the specimens caught originated from the ship. The geographic origin, most likely the coast of Brazil, and flight endurance of these insects were inferred using data on wind speed and direction, provided by the crew of the ship, and were reconstructed using Hysplit modeling of air current trajectories.

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Published: Sep 18, 2019
Vol/Issue: 7
Pages: e7583
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Authors

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Rayan Alves

Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Luíz A.A. Costa

Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Alexandre Soares

Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Nayane A. A. Silva

Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Ângelo P. Pinto

Laboratório de Sistemática de Insetos Aquáticos (LABSIA), Departament of Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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Rayan Alves, Luíz A.A. Costa, Alexandre Soares, et al. (2019). Open ocean nocturnal insect migration in the Brazilian South Atlantic with comments on flight endurance. PeerJ, 7, e7583. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7583

Open ocean nocturnal insect migration in the Brazilian South Atlantic with comments on flight endurance

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