Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center

03 Jul, 11 AM - 04 Jul, 02 AM

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 by hammering 1/4" rebar about 8" into the sand. A pheromone emitter will be attached to each trap. We also will install a modified pitfall trap, a funnel and jar that will be buried to its rim in the sand. Each trap will be treated with a different compound. We will collect beetles from traps each day, and on the last day the traps will be removed. 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 # 10252 | Research

Semiochemicals of longhorned beetles

faculty - University of Illinois

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