Efficacy of New Commercial Traps and the Lure Ceratrap® AgainstAnastrepha obliqua(Diptera: Tephritidae)

Response of the Sapote Fruit Fly,Anastrepha serpentina(Diptera: Tephritidae), to Commercial Lures and Trap Designs in Sapodilla Orchards

“…In the 2nd experiment, the attraction of CeraTrap was superior to that of Captor + borax but similar to that of the dry lure Biolure when trapping A. serpentina in the same orchard. When trapping A. obliqua in sapodilla (experiment 2), CeraTrap outperformed both Biolure and Captor + borax in line with previous observations aimed at monitoring the pest in mango orchards of this region (Lasa & Cruz 2014). About 2.3 to 2.7 times more A. serpentina individuals were captured with CeraTrap than with the standard lure Captor + borax, across the first 2 trails.…”

Electroantennogram response and attraction of Anastrepha suspensa to volatiles of various sugar sources and aged sugar solutions

“…The Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew), belongs to this group of flies and is a pest of several fruits in Florida (USA) and several Caribbean islands. As with other species of economic importance in the genus Anastrepha, its presence is monitored with a variety of baited traps, although the development of highly effective bait and trap combinations that are also cheap remains elusive (Aluja & Piñero, 2004;Epsky et al, 2005;D ıaz-Fleischer et al, 2009;Lasa & Cruz, 2014;Herrera et al, 2015). (Greany & Riherd, 1993).…”

Traps to capture fruit fly Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae)

“…and C. capitata. Lasa and Cruz (2014) and Lasa et al (2014a) verified the superiority of traps adapted from plastic bottles on McPhail standard trap when combined with Cera Trap ® liquid lure in the capture of A. obliqua Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae) females. Research that used traps with the same capturing principle of McPhail and type Pet traps confirmed the superiority on capturing females as compared to males of fruit flies (Raga, 2006;Lasa et al, 2013;Nunes et al, 2013;Lasa and Cruz, 2014;Rodrigues et al, 2015).…”

“…The most common type of trap used to capture these tephritids is the commercial trap, McPhail (Barros et al, 1991;Lasa et al, 2013Lasa et al, , 2014aLasa et al, , 2015, but it can also be used some alternative models made of recycled materials and/or lower cost than commercial product using the same principle, which is the adults lure with food baits without distinction of species (Lasa et al, 2013(Lasa et al, , 2014b. Lasa and Cruz (2014), comparing McPhail trap with the alternative of transparent bottles with holes on the side combined some protein lure. They found that alternative trap was more efficient on capturing Anastrepha ludens Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae).…”