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1 April 2010 Effective Sampling Range of Food-Based Attractants for Female Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Paul E. Kendra, Nancy D. Epsky, Robert R. Heath
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Abstract

Release—recapture studies were conducted with both feral and sterile females of the Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae), to determine sampling range for a liquid protein bait (torula yeast/borax) and for a two-component synthetic lure (ammonium acetate and putrescine). Tests were done in a guava, Psidium guajava L., grove and involved releasing flies at a central point and recording the numbers captured after 7 h and 1, 2, 3, and 6 d in an array of 25 Multilure traps located 9–46 m from the release point, In all tests, highest rate of recapture occurred within the first day of release, so estimations of sampling range were based on a 24-h period. Trap distances were grouped into four categories (<10, 10–20, 20–30, and >30 m from release point) and relative trapping efficiency (percentage of capture) was determined for each distance group. Effective sampling range was defined as the maximum distance at which relative trapping efficiency was ≥25%. This corresponded to the area in which 90% of the recaptures occured. Contour analysis was also performed to document spatial distribution of fly dispersal. In tests with sterile flies, immature females dispersed farther and were recovered in higher numbers than mature females, regardless of attractant, and recapture of both cohorts was higher with torula yeast. For mature feral flies, range of the synthetic lure was determined to be 30 m. With sterile females, effective range of both attractants was 20 m. Contour maps indicated that wind direction had a strong influence on the active space of attractants, as reflected by distribution of captured flies.

Paul E. Kendra, Nancy D. Epsky, and Robert R. Heath "Effective Sampling Range of Food-Based Attractants for Female Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 103(2), 533-540, (1 April 2010). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC09313
Received: 18 September 2009; Accepted: 1 November 2009; Published: 1 April 2010
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KEYWORDS
Caribbean fruit fly
spatial analysis
synthetic lures
torula yeast
trapping
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