Output from uspest.org/wea mite predator degree-day/phenology model program:
Heat Units and predictions of key events from daily weather data
==============================MODEL INPUTS================================
Model species/general links: Neoseiulus fallacis
Type: mite predator
Model source/other links: Dover et al 1979
Calculation method: single sine
Lower threshold: 54 degrees Fahrenheit
Upper threshold: 90 degrees Fahrenheit
Directions for starting/BIOFIX: calendar date
Starting/BIOFIX date: 1 1
No ending date, set to: default date 12 31
Model validation status: not fully tested
Region of known use: Pacific Northwest
==============================EVENTS TABLE================================
1. 40 DDs after Jan 1 1st gen. first egg hatch
2. 81 DDs after Jan 1 1st gen. first older immatures
3. 134 DDs after Jan 1 1st gen. adults first egglaying
4. 300 DDs after Jan 1 2nd gen. adults first egglaying
5. 370 DDs after Jan 1 1st gen. 50% egglaying completed; dispersal ca. 6ft
6. 740 DDs after Jan 1 2 full generations completed; dispersal ca. 1/20 acre
7. 1110 DDs after Jan 1 3 full generations completed; dispersal ca. 1/5 acre
8. 1480 DDs after Jan 1 4 full generations completed; dispersal ca. 1.2 acre
9. 1850 DDs after Jan 1 5 full generations completed
10. 2220 DDs after Jan 1 6 full generations completed
11. 2590 DDs after Jan 1 7 full generations completed
12. 2960 DDs after Jan 1 8 full generations completed
==============================MODEL OUTPUT================================
Weather station: 1000 none selected
mn day max min precip DD54 CUMDD54 event
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