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Influence of trap colour, type, deployment height, and a host volatile on monitoring Orchestes fagi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Nova Scotia, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2019

Joel T.L. Goodwin Open the ORCID record for Joel T.L. Goodwin [Opens in a new window] ,
Simon P. Pawlowski ,
Peter D. Mayo ,
Peter J. Silk ,
Jon D. Sweeney  and
N. Kirk Hillier
Joel T.L. Goodwin*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Acadia University, 33 Westwood Avenue, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Wilcox Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E8, Canada
Simon P. Pawlowski
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Acadia University, 33 Westwood Avenue, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada
Peter D. Mayo
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service-Atlantic Forestry Centre, 1350 Regent Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3C 2G6, Canada
Peter J. Silk
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service-Atlantic Forestry Centre, 1350 Regent Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3C 2G6, Canada
Jon D. Sweeney
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service-Atlantic Forestry Centre, 1350 Regent Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3C 2G6, Canada
N. Kirk Hillier
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Acadia University, 33 Westwood Avenue, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada
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*Corresponding author. Email: joelgoodwin@acadiau.ca
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Abstract

Orchestes fagi (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a pest of beech trees (Fagus sylvatica Linnaeus; Fagaceae) in Europe that has recently become established and invasive on American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrhart) in Nova Scotia, Canada. We tested the effects of trap type, trap colour, trap height, and lure on the numbers of O. fagi captured per trap with the objective of developing a survey tool to monitor the weevil’s spread. We captured O. fagi in significantly greater numbers on yellow, green, or white traps than on light blue, dark blue, or red traps. There were no significant interactions between trap colour and trap design. Sticky triangular prism traps caught significantly more O. fagi than did nonsticky intercept traps regardless of colour. No effect of trap height was observed. Mean catch of O. fagi was significantly greater on yellow sticky triangular prism traps than on commercially sourced yellow sticky cards. Baiting yellow, green, or white sticky prism traps with the host volatile 9-geranyl-p-cymene did not increase catch of O. fagi. Our results suggest that yellow, green, or white sticky prism traps are a useful tool for detecting O. fagi adults and monitoring the spread of this species in Canada.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 152 , Issue 1 , February 2020 , pp. 98 - 109
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© 2019 Entomological Society of Canada. Parts of this are a work of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 

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