Field tests of the response of female Amblyomma variegatum (Acari:Ixodidae) to the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone and its components.
Fifty percent of an Amblyomma variegatum female population were able to find upwind-positioned targets containing the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone of this species or the pheromone component o-nitrophenol alone. The ticks were not attracted to the other components of the pheromone: methyl-salicylate and pelargonic acid. The mean time required for the ticks to reach a target at 1 m from the starting point was 3 min and 20 s.
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Institut de Zoologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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D000818:Animals; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000494:pharmacology; D010675:Pheromones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012459:Salicylates / Q000494:pharmacology; D013987:Ticks / Q000187:drug effects*
D005227:Fatty Acids; D009596:Nitrophenols; D010675:Pheromones; D012459:Salicylates; C008776:pelargonic acid; C045573:2-nitrophenol; C033069:methyl salicylate