Kees, Aubree MTran, Anh KHutchison, William DAukema, Brian HRao, SujayaRogers, Mary AAsplen, Mark A2022-05-022022-05-022022-05-02https://hdl.handle.net/11299/227164The data set contains flight behaviors of lab-reared summer and winter morphs Drosophila suzukii on a tethered flight mill and in a free flight chamber. For tethered flight mill we recorded propensity (flight or no flight), velocity, density, and duration of flight. For the free flight chamber we recorded propensity, phototaxis (flight towards sunlight cue), bouts (the number of take-offs), and duration of flight.Winter and summer morph Drosophila suzukii flight behavior on a tethered flight mill and free flight chamber was documented. The purpose of this data were to document the limitations, benefits, and effects the two methods could have on assessing an insect’s flight capacity.Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United StatesDrosophila suzukiiFlight millFlight chamberData supporting: Comparing Drosophila suzukii flight behavior using free-flight and tethered flight assaysDatasethttps://doi.org/10.13020/4nsz-x660