Post by bathcat on Jul 15, 2012 5:41:56 GMT -8
I came into a pair of Lindgren funnel traps and am now looking at lures to catch some wood borers. So far, people have been recommending alpha-pinene UHR and Ethanol UHR from Synergy Semiochemicals Corp. as "all-purpose" lures that will give me a wide variety of species, so that parts covered.
The other question is, what is it that attracts Rosalia funebris? Males are known to come to white paint drying on the side of buildings, but nobody seems to know exactly what brand does it or what component in the paint is causing the attraction. There was a paper identified a male produced aggregation semiochemical, www.life.illinois.edu/hanks/pdfs/Ray%20et%20al%202009a.pdf, but that would be costly to purchase by itself.
Anyone have any experience with funnel traps? If so, what do you use as lures?
The other question is, what is it that attracts Rosalia funebris? Males are known to come to white paint drying on the side of buildings, but nobody seems to know exactly what brand does it or what component in the paint is causing the attraction. There was a paper identified a male produced aggregation semiochemical, www.life.illinois.edu/hanks/pdfs/Ray%20et%20al%202009a.pdf, but that would be costly to purchase by itself.
Anyone have any experience with funnel traps? If so, what do you use as lures?
