Preliminary test of booby-trapping for control of two cerambycids

Jimmy R. Galford

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Preliminary test of booby-trapping for control of two cerambycids

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jimmy R. Galford

Year:

1979

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-284. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3 p.

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Abstract

Small aluminum "boats" containing cotton saturated with lindane were glued to elytra of female red oak borers and locust borers and the beetles released into cages or onto trees. Males attempting to mate with booby-trapped females contacted the insecticide and died. However, females also became contaminated in mating attempts and soon died.

Keywords

red oak borer, locust borer, insecticide

Citation

Galford, Jimmy R. 1979. Preliminary test of booby-trapping for control of two cerambycids. Research Note NE-284. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3 p.