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Title: ATTRACTION OF ADULT ANOMALA MARGINATA (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE) TO ANETHOLE

Author
item CHERRY, RONALD - UNIV FLORIDA/ENTOMOL DEPT
item Klein, Michael
item LEAL, W - NIS&S/JAPAN

Submitted to: Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/15/1996
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: Scarab beetles have been shown to be serious pests of sugarcane, vegetables, and fruit crops in Florida. Trapping systems have been used to locate scarab infestations, follow changes in the beetles distribution, and to help suppress beetle populations. There is a continuing interest in examining the effects of various lures on the captures of beetle adults. We reconfirmed that eugenol and geraniol were attractive to Euphoria sepulchralis. Furthermore, two other scarab adults, Anomala marginata and Trigonopeltastes delta, were attracted by anethole at the Everglades Research and Education Center near Belle Glade, Florida. Sex pheromones with activity against scarabs in Japan did not attract any beetles in this Florida study. The information obtained here will give scientists, and regulatory officials new tools to study the distribution and live cycles of additional scarab pests.

Technical Abstract: The effects of various aromatic lures were tested on scarab populations at the Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, Florida during 1994 and 1995. Additional tests were conducted with Anomala marginata adults utilizing compounds shown to be sex pheromones for Anomala species in Japan. Captures of Euphoria sepulchralis with eugenol and geraniol demonstrated in our studies were reconfirmed. Anethole was shown to be attractive for both males and females of A. marginata, a potential pest of sugarcane, and a smaller scarab, Trigoneopeltastes delta. None of the Anomala sex pheromones from Japan were attractive to A. marginata males.