The effect of lactic acid and the volatile fatty acids on the aggregation behavior of Periplaneta americana (L.).
Young larvae of Periplaneta americana (L.) are attracted to filter paper wetted with 10(-2)-10(-3)% solutions of butyric acid. Other volatile fatty acids and lactic acid, as well as other organic and inorganic acids, are repellent to larvae at high concentrations, and ineffective at low.
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003058:Cockroaches / Q000502:physiology*; D005232:Fatty Acids, Volatile / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007773:Lactates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019344:Lactic Acid; D007814:Larva; D010526:Periplaneta / Q000502:physiology*
D005232:Fatty Acids, Volatile; D007773:Lactates; D019344:Lactic Acid