Economic and Highly Effective Trap–Lure Combination to Monitor the Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) at the Orchard Level

Response of the Sapote Fruit Fly,Anastrepha serpentina(Diptera: Tephritidae), to Commercial Lures and Trap Designs in Sapodilla Orchards

“…This tendency has also been observed in other tephritid species trapped using food-based lures (Díaz-Fleischer et al 2014) including other Anastrepha species (Aluja et al 1989;Conway & Forrester 2007;Lasa et al 2014a;Martínez et al 2007). The response of A. serpentina to CeraTrap over the 6 wk period in the 1st experiment clearly indicated the stability and durability of this lure, as previously reported in this region (Lasa et al 2015). Due to its stability, this liquid lure has also been effectively used for mass trapping A. ludens in citrus crops and was found to remain effective during 10 consecutive weeks (Lasa et al 2014b).…”

“…Similar results were observed with the same colorless PET bottle trap when compared with commercial traps, including the Multilure trap, for capture of A. ludens using CeraTrap lure in a grapefruit orchard in central Veracruz State (Lasa et al 2015). Long-distance attraction of foraging flies to host plants and odor-baited traps is mediated by chemical volatiles, whereas at short distances, when a fly has landed on a tree, host finding and trap capture is driven mainly by visual cues (Aluja & Prokopy 1993;Finch & Collier 2000).…”

“…In order to further reduce costs and produce accessible management tools for resource-poor small-scale growers, we also evaluated the efficacy of a simple polyethylene (PET) bottle trap, which was found to be effective for monitoring Anastrepha ludens (Loew) in citrus crops (Lasa et al 2015), and compared it with the widely used Multilure trap and a Tephri Trap®, which proved effective for A. obliqua monitoring in previous tests (Lasa & Cruz 2014).…”

Mass trapping is as effective as ground bait sprays for the control of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) fruit flies in mango orchards

“…In Ceratitis capitata (Wiedmann) and Bactrocera zonata (Saunders), Ceratrap was a better attractant than the hydrolyzed proteins tested . When traps baited with Ceratrap were compared with the standard Captor 300 hydrolyzed protein, for monitoring Mexican fruit fly populations in citrus orchards, a greater number of flies were captured in Ceratrap baited traps . These and our results confirmed that Ceratrap is an effective lure that can be used in mass trapping for control purposes.…”

Traps to capture fruit fly Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae)

“…Thus, the use of traps is essential because monitoring efficiency and control of fruit flies are associated with the quality of traps and baits used and its arrangement in field. The most common type of trap used to capture these tephritids is the commercial trap, McPhail (Barros et al, 1991;Lasa et al, 2013Lasa et al, , 2014aLasa et al, , 2015, but it can also be used some alternative models made of recycled materials and/or lower cost than commercial product using the same principle, which is the adults lure with food baits without distinction of species (Lasa et al, 2013(Lasa et al, , 2014b. Lasa and Cruz (2014), comparing McPhail trap with the alternative of transparent bottles with holes on the side combined some protein lure.…”