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P1: KEG Journal of Insect Behavior [joib] pp1243-joir-487693 May 19, 2004 12:17 Style file version Feb 08, 2000 Journal of Insect Behavior, Vol. 17, No. 2, March 2004 ( C? 2004) Behavior of Adult Anoplophora glabripennis on Different Tree Species Under Greenhouse Conditions W. D. Morewood,1,3 P. R. Neiner,1,2 J. C. Sellmer,2 and K. Hoover1 Accepted November 19, 2003; revised December 10, 2003 We observed behaviors and compiled activity budgets of adult Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) given a choice of different species of living trees as hosts in a greenhouse. Frequency of observation of beetles on different tree species provided a good overall indicator of host preference. Beetles were most often observed resting; they were least active early in the day and most active late in the day, but mating was observed with equal frequency during all 4-h time intervals between 0800 and 2400 h. Adults of both sexes were promiscuous, mating repeatedly and with different partners. Males engaged in mate guarding for periods of several hours or more to ensure paternity of the guarded female’s progeny. KEY WORDS: Cerambycidae; Lamiinae; invasive species; host preference; activity budget; mate guarding. INTRODUCTION Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) is a wood-boring cerambycid bee- tle in the subfamily Lamiinae (Lingafelter and Hoebeke, 2002); its basic bi- ology is typical of what is known of other members of the subfamily (Linsley, 1961; Hanks, 1999). After emerging from their natal trees, adults undergo a 1Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, 501 ASI Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-3508. 2Department of Horticulture, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802. 3To whom correspondence should be addressed. Fax: (814) 865-3048. e-mail: wdm11@. 215 0892-7553/04/0300-0215/0 C? 2004 Plenum Publishing Corporation P1: KEG Journal of Insect Behavior [joib] pp1243-joir-487693 May 19, 2004 12:17 Style file ve