Title: | Grape Juice as a Bait for Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Zaprionus indianus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) |
Author(s): | Epsky ND; Gill MA; Mangan RL; |
Address: | "USDA/ARS, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, 13601 Old Cutler Rd., Miami, FL 33158. nancy.epsky@ars.usda.gov. USDA/ARS, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, 13601 Old Cutler Rd., Miami, FL 33158" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0022-0493 (Print) 0022-0493 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "In field tests conducted in south Florida to test grape juice as a bait for the Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa Loew, high numbers of Zaprionus indianus Gupta were captured in traps with aqueous grape juice. These experiments included comparisons of grape juice bait with established A. suspensa protein-based baits (ammonium acetate + putrescine lures, or torula yeast) or wine, a bait found previously to be attractive to Z. indianus. Effects of different preservatives (polypropylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, proxel, or sodium tetraborate) and bait age were also tested. Traps with grape juice baits captured more A. suspensa than unbaited traps, but more were captured in traps with grape juice plus preservative baits and the highest numbers were captured in traps containing the established protein-based baits. In contrast, grape juice baits without preservative that were prepared on the day of deployment (0 d) or that were aged for 3-4 d in the laboratory captured the highest numbers of Z. indianus, while solutions that were aged in the laboratory for 6 or 9 d captured fewer. Although these studies found that aqueous grape juice is a poor bait for A. suspensa, we found that actively fermenting aqueous grape juice may be an effective bait for Z. indianus" |
Keywords: | Animals Chemotaxis Drosophilidae/*drug effects/physiology Female Florida Fruit and Vegetable Juices/*analysis Insect Control/*methods Male Pheromones/*pharmacology Tephritidae/*drug effects/physiology Vitis/chemistry attractant bait fruit fly trapping; |
Notes: | "MedlineEpsky, Nancy D Gill, Micah A Mangan, Robert L eng England 2015/10/16 J Econ Entomol. 2015 Aug; 108(4):2065-73. doi: 10.1093/jee/tov138. Epub 2015 May 29" |