Field tests of the response of female Amblyomma variegatum (Acari:Ixodidae) to the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone and its components

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Experimental & Applied Acarology

Name of Author

E. Hess, Université de Neuchatel, Institut de Zoologie
J. J. De Castro, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi

Publication Date

9-1-1986

Abstract

Fifty percent of an Amblyomma variegatum female population were able to find upwind-positioned targets containing the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone of this species or the pheromone component o-nitrophenol alone. The ticks were not attracted to the other components of the pheromone: methyl-salicylate and pelargonic acid. The mean time required for the ticks to reach a target at 1 m from the starting point was 3 min and 20 s. © 1986 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.

PubMed ID

3451866

Recommended Citation

Hess, E., & De Castro, J. (1986). Field tests of the response of female Amblyomma variegatum (Acari:Ixodidae) to the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone and its components. Experimental & Applied Acarology, 2 (3), 249-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01193957