Response of Ips confusus to synthetic sex pheromones in nature.
The first flight response of bark beetles to synthetic sex pheromones under natural conditions is reported. Two insect species predaceous on this bark beetle also responded. The synthetic compounds delivered in an airstream from a substrate of Carbowax 20M on Chromosorb A appear to elicit the same response as the natural attractant from male-infested bolts of ponderosa pine elicits.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011095:Polyethylenes; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D014885:Waxes
D010675:Pheromones; D011095:Polyethylenes; D014885:Waxes; D012822:Silicon Dioxide