Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center

30 May, 09 AM - 30 May, 01 PM

The research proposed is an experiment to test the attractiveness of candidate pheromones of longhorned beetles. Previous research has indicated that longhorned beetles of different species use pheromones of similar molecular structure. We have produced a variety of isomers of this basic structural theme that we predict are pheromones for different species, but we do not yet know which isomers are used by which species. The experimental design involve placing a transect of 10 vane traps 2 m apart. A pheromone emitter will be attached to each stake. Each trap will be treated with a different compound. We will collect beetles from traps every day for up to five days, and on the last day the traps will be removed. The exact dates of set up are not certain, however, but will be between 30 May and 18 June. We anticipate that the traps will capture no more than thirty beetles of any species, and thus will have little if any impact on natural populations.

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Under Project # 4145 | Research

Semiochemicals of longhorned beetles

faculty - University of Illinois

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