Environmental Entomology (1981) 10, 511-516

Richard D. Peterson II, Raymond J. Gagne, J. Wendell Snow and John P. Spencer (1981)
Attraction of non-target organisms to SWASS
Environmental Entomology 10 (4), 511-516
Abstract: Non-target organisms killed by SWASS pellets, a bait toxicant system for screwworms, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), were determined. Collections of insects were made at 391 sites in 19 study areas in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. The reaction of domestic animals to the pellets was recorded, and pellet-baited small mammal traps were set in selected areas. Diptera comprised 93.5% of the insects collected, and 88.5% of these were Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Anthomyiidae, and Muscidae. The predominant species in these families in order of abundance were C. macellaria (Fabricius), Ravinia effrenata (Walker), Hylemya cinerella (Fallen), and Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp). Mammals caught in traps included Neotoma micropus Baird, N. Albigula (Hartley), Spermophilus mexicanus (Erxleben), and Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen). Domestic animals have little or no interest in the pellet as food. On the average, ca. 10% of all pellets were degraded or removed from a site within one wk.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
health/environmental effects of pesticides
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Cochliomyia hominivorax		U.S.A. (mid S)	Yes