Title: | "Apparent long-term bodily contamination by disparlure, the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) Attractant" |
Address: | "Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, Pennsylvania" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Positive attraction of male gypsy moths to the body of the author, now four years after his last known direct contact with disparlure, the synthetic pheromone, is documented. A designed test showed that moths responded to him in highly significantly greater numbers than to others who had had less or no previous exposure to the insect and / or disparlure. The data present persuasive evidence of bodily contamination with disparlure and suggest that the material is very persistent" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINECameron, E A eng 1983/01/01 J Chem Ecol. 1983 Jan; 9(1):33-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00987768" |