Effects of sugar/flour spheres coated with paint and insecticide on alighting female Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) flies

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 318-325

  Hu, Xing Ping ^a   Duan, Jian Jun ^b   Prokopy, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimethoate; Imidacloprid; Mediterranean fruit flies; Spheres

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FLY; INSECTICIDE; PEST CONTROL;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 3543136431     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495922     Document Type: Article

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