Florida Entomologist (1996) 79, 422-428

Ronald J. Prokopy, Sotero S. Resilva and Roger I. Vargas (1996)
Post-alighting behavior of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) on odor-baited traps
Florida Entomologist 79 (3), 422-428
Abstract: The influence of physiological state on the behavior of released laboratory-cultured Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) flies was evaluated after their arrival on four commonly-used odor-baited traps hung in a potted host tree in a field cage. Three-day-old and 12-day-old protein-deprived females and males were significantly more inclined than 3-day-old and 12-day-old protein-fed females and males to enter protein-odorbaited McPhail and Heath-Epsky traps. There was little or no influence of physiological state on propensity of flies to enter trimedlure-baited Jackson or Nadel-Harris traps. Across all physiological states combined, 74, 64, 0 and 0% of arriving females entered McPhail, Heath-Epsky, Jackson and Nadel-Harris traps, respectively. Corresponding values for arriving males were 60, 59, 86 and 82%. We suggest that future research on protein-odor-baited traps should be aimed at enticing a greater proportion of alighting C. capitata flies to enter the trap.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied with permission by the publisher.)
Full text of article
Database assignments for author(s): Roger I. Vargas

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps

---

Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Ceratitis capitata		U.S.A. (Hawaii)