| Title: | Capture of Mediterranean fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in dry traps baited with a food-based attractant and Jackson traps baited with trimedlure during sterile male release in Guatemala |
| Author(s): | Midgarden D; Ovalle O; Epsky ND; Puche H; Kendra PE; Rendon P; Heath RR; |
| Address: | "Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, USDA-ARS, 13601 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL 33158, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.1603/0022-0493-97.6.2137 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0022-0493 (Print) 0022-0493 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Captures of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), in Jackson traps baited with trimedlure were compared with captures in cylindrical open-bottom dry traps baited with a food-based synthetic attractant (ammonium acetate, putrescine, and trimethylamine). Tests were conducted in Guatemala during a sterile male release program in an area where wild flies were present in low numbers. More wild and sterile females were captured in food-based traps, and more wild and sterile males were captured in trimedlure traps. The food-based traps captured almost twice as many total (male plus female) wild flies as the trimedlure traps, but the difference was not significant. Females made up approximately 60% of the wild flies caught in the food-based attractant traps; the trimedlure traps caught no females. The ratio of capture of males in trimedlure traps to food-based traps was 6.5:1 for sterile and 1.7:1 for wild flies. Because fewer sterile males are captured in the food-based traps, there is a reduction in the labor-intensive process of examining flies for sterility. The results indicate that traps baited with food-based attractants could be used in place of the Jackson/trimedlure traps for C. capitata sterile release programs because they can monitor distributions of sterile releases and detect wild fly populations effectively; both critical components of fruit fly eradication programs by using the sterile insect technique" |
| Keywords: | "Animals *Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids Food Guatemala Insect Control/*instrumentation/methods Male Pest Control, Biological/*methods *Pheromones Sterilization, Reproductive *Tephritidae;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMidgarden, David Ovalle, Oscar Epsky, Nancy D Puche, Helena Kendra, Paul E Rendon, Pedro Heath, Robert R eng England 2005/01/26 J Econ Entomol. 2004 Dec; 97(6):2137-43. doi: 10.1603/0022-0493-97.6.2137" |
