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Composition of chemical attractants affects trap catches of the Australian sheep blowfly, lucilia cuprina, and other blowflies

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Urech, R., Green, P.E., Rice, M.J., Brown, G. W., Duncalfe, F. and Webb, P. (2004) Composition of chemical attractants affects trap catches of the Australian sheep blowfly, lucilia cuprina, and other blowflies. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 30 (4). pp. 851-866.

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Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEC.0000028436.64855....

Publisher URL: http://www.springerlink.com

Abstract

Numbers of Lucilia cuprina (Australian sheep blowfly), Chrysomya spp., and Calliphora spp. blowflies caught on sticky traps baited with various synthetic attractants or a standard liver/sodium sulfide attractant in western Queensland were recorded. Numbers of each genus collected were influenced by the composition of the chemical attractants. Attractant mixtures based on 2-mercaptoethanol, indole, butanoic/pentanoic acid, and a sodium sulfide solution gave 5- to 20-fold higher L. cuprina catches than the liver standard. These blends attracted similar numbers of Chrysomya spp. (0.85–2.7× ) and fewer Calliphora spp. (0.02–0.2× ) compared to the liver standard.

These synthetic attractants were more effective and selective for L. cuprina than the standard liver/sodium sulfide attractant, and they can be packaged in controlled-release dispensers to generate constant, prolonged release of the attractant.

Item Type:Article
Business groups:Animal Science
Additional Information:© Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Keywords:Australian sheep blowfly; Lucilia cuprina; field trials; kairomones; chemical attractants; sticky traps; attractancy; selectivity.
Subjects:Science > Science (General)
Veterinary medicine > Veterinary parasitology
Animal culture > Sheep
Live Archive:08 Jul 2004
Last Modified:03 Sep 2021 16:43

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