Pheromone Traps-Effective Tools for Monitoring Lepidopterous Insect Pests of Sweet Corn
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Pheromone traps combine an insect attractant and sticky-walled cardboard to capture flying and crawling insects, like whiteflies.
(Note: Pheromone traps contain the sex attractant used by the female to attract male moths. They are highly effective in this regard but, unfortunately, trapping male insects doesn't do much in terms of population control.
Don't use pheromone traps (those plastic bags that get full of beetles while attracting legions more than they catch).
Use biological control agents such as nematodes and milky spore bacteria.
The pheromone traps that are often sold to control adult Japanese beetles in your yard were actually developed to monitor the size of the Japanese beetle population: meaning they were designed to attract every beetle in the area.
In Colorado, these moths appear in summer and are attracted to fresh corn silk where egg laying occurs.Pheromone traps are available for detecting corn earworm moths.Occurrence of moths in traps is useful for timing of control.
Be ready for lots of Japanese beetles and their kin. Hand pick bugs off sensitive plants, like roses, in the early morning. I'm not much of a fan of pheromone traps, which can actually attract beetles to your yard! ...
Place the sticky squares near infested foliage. Fake fruit coated with Tanglefoot captures many fruit-feeding insects. Pheromone traps are also very effective and are used to control cockroaches, pantry pests, flies, moths and other insects.
The other method is to take all of the male coddling moths out of circulation, and using pheromone traps does this.
 See also: Pheromone, Insect, Pest, Plant, Pest management
  
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