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PRIMARY ATTRACTION OF MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE, DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE HOPK. (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE), TO BOLTS OF LODGEPOLE PINE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Henry A. Moeck  and
Clarence S. Simmons
Henry A. Moeck
Affiliation:
Forestry Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, 506 West Burnside Rd., Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8Z 1M5
Clarence S. Simmons
Affiliation:
Forestry Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, 506 West Burnside Rd., Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8Z 1M5
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Abstract

Three field tests were conducted in which fresh lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas var. latifolia Engl.) material, namely bolts with and without bark, bark only, and freshly tapped resin, were placed in beetle-excluding “greenhouse” cages; empty cages served as controls. Two “window” flight traps per cage, at right angles to each other, caught mountain pine beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) arriving at the cages. Significantly more mountain pine beetles were trapped at cages baited with bolts and wood only than at empty control cages. Primary attraction in the mountain pine beetle is thus established, in the absence of pheromones and normal visual cues (tree stem silhouette). More beetles were trapped at cages baited with bark only and with resin than at empty control cages, but differences were not significant at p = 0.05. The sex ratio of trapped beetles (4.83 females: 1 male) was more than twice as high as the reported sex ratios of free-flying and emerging beetles.

Résumé

Trois essais sur le terrain ont été conduits auxquels ont été placés dans les cages de “serres” à l’épreuve d’adultes les fagots du pin tordu frais (Pinus contorta Douglas var. latifolia Engl.) avec et sans écorce; l’écorce seule; ou de la résine fraîchement gemmée. Les cages vides ont servi comme témoins. Deux pièges de vol avec “fenêtres” par cage, à angle droit l’un de l’autre, ont attrapé les dendroctones adultes (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) à leur arrivée aux cages. Significativement plus de dendroctones du pin ponderosa ont été pris par les cages avec les appâts des fagots et du bois, seuls, que par les cages vides témoins. L’attirance primaire au dendroctone du pin ponderosa est donc établie, dans l’absence des phéromones et des signaux visuels normaux (la silhouette du tronc d’arbre). Les cages ayant des appâts d’écorce seulement ou de résine ont attrapé davantage d’adultes que les cage vides témoins, mais les différences n’ont pas été significatives à p = 0.05. Le rapport sexuel des adultes pris (4,83 femelles : 1 mâle) a été deux fois plus élevé que les rapports sexuels signalés pour les adultes en libre vol et pour les adultes en éclosion.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 123 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 299 - 304
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1991

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