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Responses of Cerambycidae and other insects to traps baited with ethanol, 2,3-hexanediol and 3,2-hydroxyketone lures in north-central Georgia. 2015. Miller, D.R.; Crowe, C.M.; Mayo, P.D.; Silk, P.J.; Sweeney, J.D. Journal of Economic Entomology 108: 2354–2365. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/tov220
Year: 2015
Issued by: Atlantic Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 36406
Language: English
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DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov220
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Abstract
In north-central Georgia, 13 species of woodboring beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) were attracted to multiple-funnel traps baited with ethanol and one of the following pheromones: (1) racemic 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one; (2) racemic 3-hydroxyoctan-2-one; and (3) syn-2,3-hexanediol. The following species were attracted to traps baited with ethanol and 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one: Anelaphus pumilus (Newman), Eburia quadrigeminata (Say), Euderces pini (Olivier), Knulliana cincta (Drury), Neoclytus mucronatus (F.), Neoclytus scutellaris (Olivier), and Xylotrechus colonus (F.). Clytus marginicollis Castelnau & Gory, and Anelaphus parallelus (Newman) were attracted to traps baited with ethanol and 3-hydroxyoctan-2-one, whereas traps baited with ethanol and syn-2,3-hexanediol were attractive to Anelaphus villosus (F.), A. parallelus, Neoclytus acuminatus (F.), Neoclytus jouteli jouteli Davis, and Megacyllene caryae (Gahan). Ethanol enhanced catches of seven cerambycid species in traps baited with syn-2,3-hexanediol and 3,2-hydroxyketones. Catches of bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in ethanol-baited traps were largely unaffected by the addition of syn-2,3-hexanediol and 3,2-hydroxyketone lures, except for two species. The mean catches of Hypothenemus rotundicollis Wood & Bright and Dryoxylon onoharaensum (Murayama) in ethanol-baited traps increased and decreased, respectively, with the addition of racemic 3-hydroxyoctan-2-one. Traps baited with ethanol and syn-2,3-hexanediol were attractive to Xylobiops basilaris (Say) (Bostrichidae) and Chariessa pilosa (Forster) (Cleridae), whereas Temnoscheila virescens (F.) (Trogossitidae) were attracted to traps baited with ethanol and 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one. The assassin bug, Apiomerus crassipes (F.) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), was attracted to traps baited with ethanol and 3,2-hydroxyketones.
Plain Language Summary
Trapping surveys for exotic (non-native) bark and wood boring beetles are conducted annually in Canada and the United States to detect potentially invasive species that could damage our forests. This study describes a trapping experiment that tested different trap lures for detection of bark and wood boring beetles in the state of Georgia, USA. The assumption is that traps and lures that improve detection of native wood boring beetles will also improve detection of beetles in the same families from Europe and Asia. The study found that the addition of longhorn beetle pheromones to traps baited with ethanol improved detection rates of thirteen different species of longhorn beetles and had minimal negative effects on detection rates of bark and ambrosia beetles (normally surveyed with traps baited with ethanol alone). These results could be applied to improve surveillance of exotic bark and wood boring beetles in annual trapping surveys.