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J Econ Entomol

Title:		Comparison of two synthetic food-odor lures for captures of feral Mexican fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Mexico and implications regarding use of irradiated flies to assess lure efficacy
Author(s):		Robacker DC; Thomas DB;
Address:		"Crop Quality and Fruit Insects Research, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX 78596, USA. drobacker@weslaco.ars.usda.gov"
Journal Title:		J Econ Entomol
Year:		2007
Volume:		100
Issue:		4
Page Number:		1147 - 1152
DOI:		10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1147:cotsfl]2.0.co;2
ISSN/ISBN:		0022-0493 (Print) 0022-0493 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Feral Mexican fruit flies, Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae), were trapped in a citrus orchard in Mexico by using two types of synthetic food-odor lures, the AFF lure (Anastrepha fruit fly lure, APTIV, Inc., Portland, OR) and the BioLure (two-component MFF lure, Suterra LLC, Inc., Bend, OR). In Multilure traps (Better World Manufacturing, Inc., Miami, FL) containing water, BioLures captured about the same numbers of flies as AFF lures. In Multilure traps containing antifreeze solution, BioLures captured 2 and 5 times more flies than AFF lures in two experiments. BioLures, and AFF lures did not differ in attractiveness when used on sticky traps (Intercept trap, APTIV, Inc.; and sticky cylinder trap). Multilure traps captured >4 times as many flies as sticky traps with the exception that captures of females did not differ between Multilure and sticky traps baited with AFF lures. The percentage of females captured in Multilure traps was greater when traps were baited with BioLures compared with AFF lures, but the reverse was true for sticky traps. Sticky cylinder traps captured a higher percentage of females than Multilure traps. The most effective trap/lure combination was the Multilure trap baited with BioLure and antifreeze. In comparison with tests of these two lures in Texas, results were similar for Multilure traps, but they differed for sticky cylinder traps in that AFF lures were consistently more attractive than BioLures in Texas, but not in Mexico"
Keywords:		Animals Female Insect Control/*methods Male Mexico *Odorants Pheromones/chemistry/*pharmacology Tephritidae/*drug effects/radiation effects;
Notes:		"MedlineRobacker, David C Thomas, Donald B eng Comparative Study Evaluation Study England 2007/09/14 J Econ Entomol. 2007 Aug; 100(4):1147-52. doi: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1147:cotsfl]2.0.co; 2"