Title: | Field tests of the response of female Amblyomma variegatum (Acari:Ixodidae) to the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone and its components |
Address: | "Institut de Zoologie, Universite de Neuchatel, Switzerland" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0168-8162 (Print) 0168-8162 (Linking) |
Abstract: | Fifty percent of an Amblyomma variegatum female population were able to find upwind-positioned targets containing the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone of this species or the pheromone component o-nitrophenol alone. The ticks were not attracted to the other components of the pheromone: methyl-salicylate and pelargonic acid. The mean time required for the ticks to reach a target at 1 m from the starting point was 3 min and 20 s |
Keywords: | Animals Fatty Acids/pharmacology Female Nitrophenols/pharmacology Pheromones/*pharmacology Salicylates/pharmacology Ticks/*drug effects; |
Notes: | "MedlineHess, E De Castro, J J eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 1986/09/01 Exp Appl Acarol. 1986 Sep; 2(3):249-55. doi: 10.1007/BF01193957" |