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1 August 2011 Effect of Aerosol Surface Lubricants on the Abundance and Richness of Selected Forest Insects Captured in Multiple-Funnel and Panel Traps
Jeremy D. Allison, C. Wood Johnson, James R. Meeker, Brian L. Strom, Sarah M. Butler
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Abstract

Survey and detection programs for native and exotic forest insects frequently rely on traps baited with odorants, which mediate the orientation of target taxa (e.g., the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann) toward a resource (e.g., host material, mates). The influence of trap design on the capture efficiency of baited traps has received far less empirical attention than odorants, despite concerns that intercept traps currently used operationally have poor capture efficiencies for some target taxa (e.g., large woodborers). Several studies have recently demonstrated that treating traps with a surface lubricant to make them “slippery” can increase their capture efficiency; however, previously tested products can be expensive and their application time-consuming. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of alternate, easier to apply aerosol lubricants on trap capture efficiency of selected forest insects. Aerosol formulations of Teflon and silicone lubricants increased both panel and multiple-funnel trap capture efficiencies. Multiple-funnel traps treated with either aerosol lubricant captured significantly more Monochamus spp. and Acanthocinus obsoletus (Olivier) than untreated traps. Similarly, treated panel traps captured significantly more Xylotrechus sagittatus (Germar), Ips calligraphus (Germar), Pissodes nemorensis (Germar), Monochamus spp., A. obsoletus, Thanasimus dubius (F.), and Ibalia leucospoides (Hochenwarth) than untreated traps. This study demonstrates that treating multiple-funnel and panel traps with an aerosol dry film lubricant can increase their capture efficiencies for large woodborers (e.g., Cerambycidae) as well as bark beetles, a weevil, a woodwasp parasitoid and a bark beetle natural enemy (Coleoptera: Cleridae).

Jeremy D. Allison, C. Wood Johnson, James R. Meeker, Brian L. Strom, and Sarah M. Butler "Effect of Aerosol Surface Lubricants on the Abundance and Richness of Selected Forest Insects Captured in Multiple-Funnel and Panel Traps," Journal of Economic Entomology 104(4), 1258-1264, (1 August 2011). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC11044
Received: 10 February 2011; Accepted: 1 May 2011; Published: 1 August 2011
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KEYWORDS
attractant
Cerambycidae
monitoring
trap design
woodborer
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