Title: | "Responses of tabanids to Nzi traps baited with octenol, cow urine and phenols in Canada" |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00889.x |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1365-2915 (Electronic) 0269-283X (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Cow urine and the two phenols responsible for the attraction of biting flies to cow urine (4-methylphenol, 3-n-propylphenol) were compared with octenol (1-octen-3-ol) as baits for Tabanidae. Relative to an unbaited Nzi trap, catches of the horseflies Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Macquart), Tabanus similis Macquart and Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann (Diptera: Tabanidae) were increased by 1.5-2.6, 1.4-2.0 and 1.4-1.9 times, respectively, whenever a bait included octenol released at either 0.13 mg/h or 1.5 mg/h, regardless of the presence of phenols or urine. Catches were not affected when traps were baited with phenols alone at evaporation rates of 0.38 mg/h (4-methylphenol) and 0.022 mg/h (3-n-propylphenol). Catches of Hybomitra horseflies were increased by 1.5-1.9 times with cow urine and 2.6 times with cow urine + octenol. This bait combination could prove to be particularly useful for Hybomitra horseflies, the common tabanids of northern environments" |
Keywords: | Animals Canada Cattle/urine Cresols Diptera/*physiology Female Insect Control/methods Male Octanols Phenols *Pheromones Urine; |
Notes: | "MedlineMihok, S Mulye, H eng England 2010/06/25 Med Vet Entomol. 2010 Sep; 24(3):266-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00889.x. Epub 2010 Jun 20" |