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- Title
Capture of Melon Flies and Oriental Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Traps Baited with Torula Yeast-Borax or CeraTrap in Hawaii.
- Authors
Shelly, Todd E.; Kurashima, Rick S.
- Abstract
Food baits are a key component in trapping programs to detect infestations of pest species of tephritid fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). Traditionally, a torula yeast-borax slurry has been used most frequently, but the recently developed food bait CeraTrap, consisting of hydrolyzed animal protein, has proven more attractive to certain tephritids. This study compared field captures of melon flies, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), and oriental fruit flies, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), in traps baited with torula yeast-borax or CeraTrap in an agricultural setting in Hawaii. Data show that melon flies were captured in significantly greater numbers in traps baited with torula yeast-borax than CeraTrap, while no difference in captures was noted for the oriental fruit fly between traps baited with the 2 food types.
- Subjects
MELON fly; ORIENTAL fruit fly; TORULA; BORAX; INSECT baits &; repellents
- Publication
Florida Entomologist (Florida Entomological Society), 2018, Vol 101, Issue 1, p144
- ISSN
0015-4040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1653/024.101.0128