2008
DOI: 10.4314/ari.v4i1.40806
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The Use Of Banana Flavour Essence, Formalin And Ordinary Water In Pitfall Traps In The Study Of The Diel Activities Of Insects From A Fallow Plot In Awka, Nigeria

Abstract: A study was carried out to access the insect fauna of a fallow plot in Awka, Nigeria, in relation to their diel activities and to report any differences in the pitfall catches as a result of differences in the fluid used. The fluid used in the three sets of six traps installed bimonthly at the sites for 12 hours in each case were 5% formalin, water with 0.01% banana flavour essence and ordinary water. Using Student t-test, statistical differences existed in the diurnal and nocturnal activities of the Sminthuri… Show more

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“…Precaution was taken not to disturb the soil markedly to avoid "digging -in-effects". The traps were filled with 75% ethanol to about two-third of the volume of each container using Ewuim and Ezeani [20] method. The traps were then placed at 1m apart from each other.…”
Section: Pitfall Trapsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Precaution was taken not to disturb the soil markedly to avoid "digging -in-effects". The traps were filled with 75% ethanol to about two-third of the volume of each container using Ewuim and Ezeani [20] method. The traps were then placed at 1m apart from each other.…”
Section: Pitfall Trapsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It was carried out as effective treatment against furniture beetle; Anobium punctatum larvae caused 100% mortality (Wojcuk 2006). Treatment of 5% formaldehyde and 0.01% banana avor essence have been used for trapping different insect pests, for instance, Sminthurididae, and Poduromorpha, (Ewuim and Ezeani 2007). Generally, 1% formaldehyde have been recommended to quarantine insect colony against microbes such as Copris hispanus pupae (Steinbauer and Wardhaugh 1995).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%