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Research Project: Methyl Bromide Replacement: Mitigation of the Invasive Pest Threat from the American Tropics and Subtropics

Location: Subtropical Horticulture Research

Title: Community of bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) in a Florida avocado grove with laurel wilt

Author
item Narvaez, Teresa
item Montgomery, Wayne
item CARRILLO, DANIEL - University Of Florida
item Kendra, Paul

Submitted to: Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/17/2018
Publication Date: 7/22/2018
Citation: Narvaez, T.I., Montgomery, W.S., Carrillo, D., Kendra, P.E. 2018. Community of bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) in a Florida avocado grove with laurel wilt. Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting. 101st Annual Meeting of the Florida Entomological Society. St. Augustine, FL. 22-25 Jul 2018.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: A trapping study was conducted in Miami-Dade County to assess the diversity and relative abundance of bark and ambrosia beetles in an avocado grove affected by laurel wilt. In addition, four commercial traps were evaluated for efficacy of detecting these taxa. Traps included a white sticky panel, black 8-funnel Lindgren, black 3-vane Multitrap, green 3-vane Multitrap, and an unbaited sticky panel control. The test followed a randomized complete block design, with five replicate blocks. Each trap was baited with a low-dose ethanol lure and captures were monitored for a six-week period (March – May 2018). Sticky traps caught the highest number of beetles, and green 3-vane traps captured the least. The majority of beetles were scolytine species within the tribe Xyleborini, but captures also included members within the tribes Corthylini, Cryphalini, and Dryocoetini, as well as one platypodine species. Redbay ambrosia beetle, the primary vector of the laurel wilt pathogen, was not detected in this grove.