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J Am Mosq Control Assoc

Title:		Efficacy of three attractant blends tested in combination with carbon dioxide against natural populations of mosquitoes and biting flies at the Lower Suwannee Wildlife Refuge
Author(s):		Kline DL; Bernier UR; Hogsette JA;
Address:		"United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, 1600 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA"
Journal Title:		J Am Mosq Control Assoc
Year:		2012
Volume:		28
Issue:		2
Page Number:		123 - 127
DOI:		10.2987/11-6200R.1
ISSN/ISBN:		8756-971X (Print) 8756-971X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Synthetic blends of chemicals identified previously from human skin emanations were evaluated against mosquito and biting fly populations at the Lower Suwannee Wildlife Refuge near Cedar Key, FL. Mosquito Magnet-Experimental traps were baited with the Red (400 ml acetone: 10 ml 1-hexen-3-ol:10 ml 1-octen-3-ol), Blue (400 ml acetone: 1 g/liter lactic acid:20 ml glycolic acid), or Green blend (400 ml acetone:1.5 g/liter lactic acid:20 ml dimethyl disulfide) plus CO2 or with CO2 alone (control). A relative index of efficacy was determined by dividing each mean blend trap catch by the mean control trap catch. Five mosquitoes (Aedes infirmatus, Ae. taeniorhynchus, Ae. triseriatus, Anopheles crucians, and Culex nigripalpus), 2 ceratopogonid (Culicoides floridensis and C. furens), and 1 tabanid (Diachlorus ferrugatus) and phlebotomine (Lutzomyia shannoni) species were trapped. The Red blend + CO2 treatment significantly increased collections of Ae. taeniorhynchus (3.4x), An. crucians (2.8X), total mosquitoes (2.7x), C. furens (17.6x), and L. shannoni (10.8x) compared with control traps. Traps baited with either the Blue or Green blends generally captured fewer insects than traps baited with the other 2 treatments. However, traps baited with the Green blend caught 7 x as many C. furens as the control traps. Responses clearly varied according to species; therefore, 'one size does not fit all' when it comes to attractant blends"
Keywords:		Animals *Carbon Dioxide *Culicidae *Diptera Female Florida Mosquito Control/*methods *Pheromones Species Specificity;
Notes:		"MedlineKline, Daniel L Bernier, Ulrich R Hogsette, Jerome A eng 2012/08/17 J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2012 Jun; 28(2):123-7. doi: 10.2987/11-6200R.1"