title: Synergistic Trap Response of the False Stable Fly and Little House Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) to Acetic Acid and Ethanol, Two Principal Sugar Fermentation Volatiles.
abstract: In an initial observation, large numbers of muscoid flies (Diptera) were captured as nontarget insects in traps baited with solutions of acetic acid plus ethanol. In subsequent field experiments, numbers of false stable fly Muscina stabulans (Fallén) and little house fly Fannia canicularis (L.) trapped with the combination of acetic acid plus ethanol were significantly higher than those trapped with either chemical alone, or in unbaited traps. Flies were trapped with acetic acid and ethanol that had been formulated in the water of the drowning solution of the trap, or dispensed from polypropylene vials with holes in the vial lids for diffusion of evaporated chemical. Numbers of both species of fly captured were greater with acetic acid and ethanol in glass McPhail traps, compared to four other similar wet trap designs. This combination of chemicals may be useful as an inexpensive and not unpleasant lure for monitoring or removing these two pest fly species.
authors: USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, 5230 Konnowac Pass Rd. Wapato, WA, USA 98951. peter.landolt@ars.usda.gov.
authors: Peter J
authors: PJ
authors: Landolt
authors: Current address: Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456.
authors: Dong H
authors: DH
authors: Cha
authors: Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164.
authors: Richard S
authors: RS
authors: Zack
mesh_terms: D019342:Acetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D009117:Muscidae / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D019342:Acetic Acid
keywords: Muscidae; attractant; fly; lure; synergy; trap