Ammonia as an attractant for adult Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Diptera: Tabanidae).
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.
Hribar
L J
LJ
Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge 70803.
Leprince
D J
DJ
Foil
L D
LD
D000641:Ammonia; D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D000641:Ammonia