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USE OF TRAPS BAITED WITH VIRGIN FEMALES FOR FIELD OBSERVATIONS ON THE BERTHA ARMYWORM (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G. E. Swailes ,
D. L. Struble  and
N. D. Holmes
G. E. Swailes
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta
D. L. Struble
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta
N. D. Holmes
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Abstract

Cylindrical traps with screen cones at the ends baited with virgin females and placed in rape fields about 1 m above ground level were effective in trapping males of the bertha armyworm. Males were most active between 0330 and 0430 h M.D.T. and moved precisely to confined females. Virgin females became attractive 1 day after emergence and remained attractive for at least 7 days. Trapping was an effective method for rapidly determining the presence of bertha armyworm.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 107 , Issue 7 , July 1975 , pp. 781 - 784
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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