Seventy-nine volatile compounds chosen from those emitted by Mediterranean fruit fly males, fruits and food baits, were tested for their attractiveness to females of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) in field trials with a wild population. To correct for density fluctuations, the results were presented as a percentage of males caught in the same type of traps baited with trimedlure, a known male attractant. The mixtures of corn steep liquor with ammonia compounds and amines were the most effective attractants for females. Other compounds exhibiting C. capitata attraction were a mixture ethyl acetate acetic acid ethanol for both sexes, and p-cymene, 1,3-diethylbenzene and borneol for females.
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 94 • No. 4
August 2001
Vol. 94 • No. 4
August 2001
attractants
Ceratitis capitata
Mediterranean fruit fly