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- Title
A Chemical Lure for Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is used as a Kairomone by Astata occidentalis(Hymenoptera: Sphecidae).
- Authors
Cottrell, Ted E.; Landolt, Peter J.; Zhang, Qing-He; Zack, Richard S.
- Abstract
We tested lures in Washington and Georgia containing methyl ( E, E, Z)-2,4,6-decatrienoate and/or methyl ( E, Z)-2,4-decadienoate for capturing stink bug species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). In both states, we consistently captured adult females of the digger wasp Astata occidentalis Cresson (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in traps with lures that contained methyl (E,E,Z)-2,4,6-decatrienoate but not in traps with lures that contained only methyl ( E, Z)-2,4-decadienoate. Astata occidentalis is a predator of pentatomid stink bugs (Hemiptera) and apparently uses methyl ( E, E, Z)-2,4,6-decatrienoate as a host-finding kairomone. Methyl (E,E,Z)-2,4,6-decatrienoate is an aggregation pheromone of Plauti stali Scott (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) that is also attractive to, and used for monitoring, the exotic brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Wasps were captured from Jul through Sep with peak response in Aug in Washington. In Georgia, wasp capture was highest as soon as traps were deployed in late May/early Jun, and then capture peaked again during Jul.
- Subjects
HEMIPTERA; SPHECIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; KAIROMONES; STINKBUGS
- Publication
Florida Entomologist (Florida Entomological Society), 2014, Vol 97, Issue 1, p233
- ISSN
0015-4040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1653/024.097.0130