Luring houseflies (Musca domestica) to traps: Do cuticular hydrocarbons and visual cues increase catch?

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-33

  Hanley, M E ^a,d   Cruickshanks, K L ^a   Dunn, D ^a   Stewart Jones, A ^a,c   Goulson, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pest control; Pheromones; Poultry units; Sexual dichromatism; Spectral reflectance

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

BAIT; CUTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; HYDROCARBON; OLFACTORY CUE; PHEROMONE TRAP; POULTRY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TRAPPING; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLOR; FEMALE; HOUSE FLY; INSECT CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; INTEGUMENT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; FEMALE; HOUSEFLIES; HYDROCARBONS; INSECT CONTROL; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; MALE; VISION, OCULAR;

MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 60349088868     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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