Survey using pheromone traps, of <i>Gnathotrichus sulcatus</i> (Col: Scolytidae) in two Vancouver Island dryland sorting areas

Authors

  • J. A. McLean Faculty of Forestry University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C.

Keywords:

pheromone traps, <i>Gnathotrichus sulcatus</i>, Coleoptera, Scolytidae

Abstract

Forty-eight traps baited with the aggregation pheromone, sulcatol, were placed in two dryland sorting areas on Vancouver Island, B.C. during 1977. A late-summer peak flight of the ambrosia beetle <i>Gnathotrichus sulcatus</i>, was recorded in both areas. Trap sites with the greatest catches of <i>G. sulcatus</i> showed where suppression traps would be most effective.

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2019-09-07

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Vol. 77 (1980): Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

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