title: Ammonia as an attractant for adult Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Diptera: Tabanidae).
abstract: Ammonia and carbon dioxide were evaluated as attractants in canopy traps for Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Macquart). Ammonia-baited traps collected 2.5 times as many flies as did unbaited traps (33.27 versus 12.93 per trap per day). Over 45 times as many flies were captured in carbon dioxide-baited traps as in unbaited traps (1,630.64 versus 35.82 per trap per day). Both ammonia and carbon dioxide are effective attractants for H. lasiophthalma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge 70803.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Hribar
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Leprince
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Foil
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia; D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D000641:Ammonia