Bathabile Masango

Masters Student

Host: John S. Terblanche

Project title: Estimating the flight ability of the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer in South Africa for informing invasion rates.

The project aims to investigate the flight ability of the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer in South Africa by determining the beetle performance on laboratory electronic flight mills under different controlled temperature conditions in the laboratory, and exploring morphological correlates of flight.