Trapping Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) with Acetic Acid and Saturated Short Chain Alcohols

Landolt, Peter J.; Smithhisler, Connie S.; Reed, Hal C.; McDonough, L. M.

doi:10.1603/0022-0493-93.6.1613

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“…Social Wasps Blends of acetic acid, with either butyl butyrate, heptyl butyrate, or isobutanol elicit food-finding behavior in a range of social wasps (Landolt et al 2000). Lures for these wasps are widely distributed for the home and garden market (Table 3).…”

Section: Other Semiochemicalsmentioning

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Sex Pheromones and Their Impact on Pest Management

Witzgall¹,

Kirsch²,

2010

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The idea of using species-specific behavior-modifying chemicals for the management of noxious insects in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, stored products, and for insect vectors of diseases has been a driving ambition through five decades of pheromone research. Hundreds of pheromones and other semiochemicals have been discovered that are used to monitor the presence and abundance of insects and to protect plants and animals against insects. The estimated annual production of lures for monitoring and mass trapping is on the order of tens of millions, covering at least 10 million hectares. Insect populations are controlled by air permeation and attract-and-kill techniques on at least 1 million hectares. Here, we review the most important and widespread practical applications. Pheromones are increasingly efficient at low population densities, they do not adversely affect natural enemies, and they can, therefore, bring about a long-term reduction in insect populations that cannot be accomplished with conventional insecticides. A changing climate with higher growing season temperatures and altered rainfall patterns makes control of native and invasive insects an increasingly urgent challenge. Intensified insecticide use will not provide a solution, but pheromones and other semiochemicals instead can be implemented for sustainable area-wide management and will thus improve food security for a growing population. Given the scale of the challenges we face to mitigate the impacts of climate change, the time is right to intensify goal-oriented interdisciplinary research on semiochemicals, involving chemists, entomologists, and plant protection experts, in order to provide the urgently needed, and cost-effective technical solutions for sustainable insect management worldwide.

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Section: Other Semiochemicalsmentioning

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Sex Pheromones and Their Impact on Pest Management

Witzgall¹,

Kirsch²,

2010

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“…For example, traps baited with sweet beer to target Vespa velutina killed numerous other insects, notably Vespula vulgaris, Vespa crabro and various Diptera and Lepidoptera (Dauphin and Thomas 2009;Rome et al 2011). A number of synthetic compounds have been shown to be attractive to social wasps, including heptyl butyrate (Davis et al 1969;El-Sayed et al 2009;Landolt 1998b), 2,4-hexadienyl butyrate (Davis et al 1967), and a mixture of acetic acid with saturated short chain alcohols (Landolt 1998a;Landolt et al 2000). Although attracting and trapping adults can capture a large number of adults, there seems to be enough redundancy of adults within each colony that this results in surprisingly minimal effect on the colony.…”

Section: Management Optionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecological effects and management of invasive alien Vespidae

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“…Donaldson et al 1986Donaldson et al , 1990Landolt et al 2000;Landolt 2000). Synthetic compounds were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich Kft.…”

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Improving the floral attractant to lure Epicometis hirta Poda (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)

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In order to improve the eYciency of the known Xoral attractant of Epicometis hirta [(E)-anethol and (E)-cinnamyl alcohol in a ratio of 1:1], candidate synergist compounds for Weld tests were selected through electroantennographic tests using the antennae of female and male E. hirta adult beetles. Among synthetic Xoral compounds 4-methoxyphenethyl alcohol and methyl salicylate evoked high responses from the antennae and were chosen for further Weld studies. In trapping tests in Bulgaria, the addition of 4-methoxyphenethyl alcohol to the E. hirta bait in the ratio of 1:1:1, in Hungary in ratios of 1:1:0.3 and 1:1:1 signiWcantly increased catches. The addition of methyl salicylate was without eVect in both countries. A high-capacity trap supplied with this ternary attractant could be more eYcient for mass trapping purposes of E. hirta in environment-friendly plant protection.

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Trapping Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) with Acetic Acid and Saturated Short Chain Alcohols

Cited by 42 publications

References 22 publications

Sex Pheromones and Their Impact on Pest Management

Sex Pheromones and Their Impact on Pest Management

Ecological effects and management of invasive alien Vespidae

Improving the floral attractant to lure Epicometis hirta Poda (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)

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