Trapped in a Prism: Effects of trap color on ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) capture

Monday, November 11, 2013
Exhibit Hall 4 (Austin Convention Center)
Chris Werle , School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Alicia Bray , College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Sciences, Tennessee State University, McMinnville, TN
Jason Oliver , Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center, Tennessee State University, McMinnville, TN
Blair Sampson , Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Poplarville, MS
Chris Ranger , Horticulture Insects Research Lab, ATRU, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Wooster, OH
Peter B. Schultz , Hampton Roads Agricricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, Virginia Beach, VA
Michael Reding , Application Technology Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Wooster, OH
Jeff Kuehny , School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
While much work has been done on the use of semiochemicals by ambrosia beetles, the potential use of visual cues including colors remains largely understudied.  Field tests were performed in Mississippi and Tennessee to determine preference of ambrosia beetles for thirteen different colors (black, blue, brown, clear, gray, green, lavender, opaque, orange, purple, red, white and yellow).  Ethanol-baited, sticky-coated prism traps were placed along infested woodlots in 2012 and 2013, with results presented here.
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