Relation of Color to the Effectiveness of Japanese Beetle Traps

Fleming, Walter E.; Burgess, Emory D.; Maines, W. W.

doi:10.1093/jee/33.2.320

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“…Both the Standard and Xpando traps have green bases with yellow tops, whereas the jug trap still uses a yellow top, but has a translucent base. Trap designs can increase or decrease overall beetle catch ( Fleming et al 1940 , Fleming 1969 , Hamilton et al 1971 , Alm and Dawson 2003 ). Specifically, Fleming et al (1940) indicated that yellow seems to be most attractive to P. japonica adults, and secondarily green is important in optimizing trap effectiveness.…”

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“…Trap designs can increase or decrease overall beetle catch ( Fleming et al 1940 , Fleming 1969 , Hamilton et al 1971 , Alm and Dawson 2003 ). Specifically, Fleming et al (1940) indicated that yellow seems to be most attractive to P. japonica adults, and secondarily green is important in optimizing trap effectiveness. The combination of both a yellow top and green base for the Standard and Xpando traps, compared with the Jug trap, likely contributed to the higher mean weekly and seasonal catch rates.…”

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Optimizing the Use of Semiochemical-Based Traps for Efficient Monitoring of Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Validation of a Volumetric Approach

Ebbenga

Burkness

Hutchison

2022

Journal of Economic Entomology

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Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman, is an invasive insect, native to Japan. The species was detected in the United States in New Jersey in 1916, and then first confirmed in Minnesota in 1968. Since their arrival, P. japonica has become a major pest in turfgrass and several crop agroecosystems. As P. japonica continues to spread throughout the U.S., it’s important to discover more efficient ways to monitor adult populations. In 2018–2020, due to the high volume of P. japonica beetles collected in traps, a comparison of weight and volume calibration methods was conducted in Minnesota. Each method yielded a strong goodness of fit with counts of beetles captured. However, with a goal of cost-effective use of traps and in-field estimates, the volume-based approach was the preferred, most efficient method. In addition, a comparison of monitoring systems was conducted to observe differences in trap type, lure age, and check interval. Results from these studies indicate a standard green/yellow trap, and multi-component, semiochemical-based lure used for the duration of the P. japonica flight period, and a weekly check interval will minimize sampling time and resources, while providing accurate population estimates. In addition, results from these studies will benefit growers and researchers as they continue to explore integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for P. japonica. More importantly, by reducing the time required to quantify trap catches and rebait traps, these results may also facilitate area-wide tracking of P. japonica populations in newly invaded regions.

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Optimizing the Use of Semiochemical-Based Traps for Efficient Monitoring of Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Validation of a Volumetric Approach

Ebbenga

Burkness

Hutchison

2022

Journal of Economic Entomology

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“…The funnel was screwed to a cylinder, and the cylinder was lined with small holes to allow the drainage of excess rainwater. Beetles were prevented from escaping due to the small size of the funnel opening, the baffle and the steep slope of the funnel surface (Fleming et al, 1940). Each was filled to ¾ of its total volume with moistened MiracleGro All-Purpose Compost and a freshly thawed mouse (usually > 20 g) was placed on top of the soil.…”

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Sexual dimorphism in head size in wild burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides)

Smith,

Catherall-Ostler,

Mashoodh

et al. 2023

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Male burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides) carry an additional abdominal segment and produce pheromones but otherwise the species is thought to be sexually monomorphic. Both sexes bear bright orange bands on their black elytra, which probably function as part of a warning display rather than in mate choice.Although larger individuals are more likely to win contests to secure the small carrion required for reproduction, both sexes compete for this vital breeding resource. In wild populations, the sexes are alike in the mean and distribution in their body size.Here we describe a form of sexual size dimorphism in wild populations that has previously been overlooked. We show that males have wider heads than females, for any given body size, and that the scaling relationship with body size is hyperallometric in males, but isometric in females. We also show how absolute head width, and the extent of sexual dimorphism in head width differs among wild populations which are within c.10km of each other.We suggest that head size dimorphism could be adaptive, and could be due to divergent selection arising from task specialisation during biparental care, since the duties of care favoured by males are likely to require a greater bite force.

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“…The fluid character of an insect population mobile enough for trapping makes such control very difficult, though it is a very plausible method. Fleming et al (1940) note experiments comparing traps. The "capture-recapture" method used by students of vertebrates has been applied in entomology in the case of tsetse fly populations.…”

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Experimental Statistics in Entomology

1966

Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America

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The author conceived the idea of this work between 1940 and 1945, while working as statistical consultant for the Bureau of Entomology. The need of such discussions for those facing statistical questions in experimental work, but not well versed in such methods, was apparent. Since then ma¬ terial has been accumulated as time could be spared from more regular work. The opportunity to draw this work together has come recently, and it is submitted with the hope that it will be helpful. Many acknowledgments must be made. My teachers, supervisors, and colleagues have made the work possible. I must give credit to the Graduate School for their encouragement ; especially to Miss Vera Jensen for much help and counsel, and Mrs. Kathleen Gilbert Franz for careful work in typing. Dr.

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Relation of Color to the Effectiveness of Japanese Beetle Traps

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Optimizing the Use of Semiochemical-Based Traps for Efficient Monitoring of Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Validation of a Volumetric Approach

Optimizing the Use of Semiochemical-Based Traps for Efficient Monitoring of Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Validation of a Volumetric Approach

Sexual dimorphism in head size in wild burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides)

Experimental Statistics in Entomology

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