Table 1. Type and direction of movement of 166 plum curculio adults observed on a framed cloth beneath an apple tree during 1-hour periods evenly distributed from 8 AM to 8 PM.

Type of movement

Number engaged in movement
Movement direction toward
Curculio movement in each direction (% of movement category)*

Flew

52
Tree trunk
17b

 

 

Tree canopy
54a

 

 

Inter-tree space
25b

 

 

Grass
4c

Crawled off

27
Tree trunk
88a

 

 

All others
12b

Hid

30
-
-

None (rested)

57
-
-

* For each category of movement, numbers followed by a different letter are significantly different at odds of 19:1.