Downwind migration of the African army worm moth, Spodoptera exempta, studied by mark‐and‐capture and by radar

Abstract. 1. About 166,000 African armyworm moths, Spodoptera exempta (Walk.), were marked at an emergence site near Nairobi when they fed at night on trees baited with dyed molasses.

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