An Evaluation of Gypsy Moth
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Pheromone-baited Traps Using Behavioral Observations as a Measure of Trap Efficiency
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V. C. Mastro; J. V. Richerson; E. Alan Cameron

doi:10.1093/ee/6.1.128

An Evaluation of Gypsy Moth 1 Pheromone-baited Traps Using Behavioral Observations as a Measure of Trap Efficiency 23

Environmental Entomology ◽

10.1093/ee/6.1.128 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 128-132 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

V. C. Mastro ◽

J. V. Richerson ◽

E. Alan Cameron

Keyword(s):

Gypsy Moth ◽

Trap Efficiency ◽

Behavioral Observations ◽

Baited Traps

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PRE-MATING SEXUAL ACTIVITY OF GYPSY MOTH MALES IN SMALL PLOT FIELD TESTS (LYMANTRIA (= PORTHETRIA) DISPAR (L.): LYMANTRIIDAE)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent108439-4 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 108 (4) ◽

pp. 439-448 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

J. V. Richerson ◽

E. A. Brown ◽

E. Alan Cameron

Keyword(s):

Gypsy Moth ◽

Sexual Communication ◽

Field Tests ◽

Baited Traps ◽

Gypsy Moths ◽

Porthetria Dispar ◽

Relative Attractiveness ◽

Small Plot ◽

Previous Mating ◽

Cotton Wick

AbstractPre-mating behavior of male gypsy moths was investigated in 0.2 ha circular plots containing from 0 to 72 virgin females/plot in untreated areas and in areas treated with an aerial application of 20 g/ha microencapsulated disparlure. Male moths in both treated and untreated plots oriented initially to trees, not directly to females. Mating was disrupted in treated plots but males continued search behavior. No anemotactic behavior was evident in either treated plots or untreated plots with females. In untreated plots, male moths were not caught on sticky panels (panels suspended at 2, 4, and 6 m) higher than pheromone baited traps set at 2 m. In treated plots, equal number of males were caught at all panel heights and in baited traps at 2 m. Previous mating and pheromone exposure histories of males did not affect the response of these males to traps baited with 4–5 mg of disparlure in untreated plots. In a test of the relative attractiveness of a cotton wick and a new laminated bait dispenser in Johnson traps, traps baited with the laminated dispenser had a greater male moth catch/male contact to trap than the traps baited with the cotton wick. Not all males contacting the Johnson trap were caught. A mode of action for disparlure as a disruptive agent in the long range sexual communication system of gypsy moth is proposed.

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Collection of Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Using Selected Pheromone Lures and Trap Designs

Journal of Entomological Science ◽

10.18474/0749-8004-36.2.135 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 135-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Robert L. Meagher ◽

Everett R. Mitchell

Keyword(s):

Spodoptera Frugiperda ◽

Fall Armyworm ◽

North Central ◽

Central Florida ◽

Behavioral Observations ◽

Baited Traps ◽

Chromatographic Detection ◽

Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽

Pheromone Blend

Two trap designs and three sources of commercially-produced pheromone lures were used to capture fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), males in silage corn and peanuts in north-central Florida. Unitraps baited with Trécé and Scenturion lures captured more moths than Scentry-baited traps. Gas chromatographic detection of the pheromone blend suggested no differences in acetate component ratios among lures. Unitraps collected more moths than Heliothis cone traps. Behavioral observations at night showed that equal percentages of moths were initially collected in both traps but that moths were able to escape from cone traps.

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