New EAB 'trap'?

[ATH]

Article in science daily

Article is about distracting male beetles so they can't mate successfuly. Bottom line: apparently, EAB males prefer plastic dolls to necrophilia.

Anything like this is too late for our area, but maybe they can slow the rate that this thing is spreading and turn it into a manageable pest for the long-term???

 

[leeson]

Article in science daily

Article is about distracting male beetles so they can't mate successfuly. Bottom line: apparently, EAB males prefer plastic dolls to necrophilia.

Anything like this is too late for our area, but maybe they can slow the rate that this thing is spreading and turn it into a manageable pest for the long-term???

Interesting, but they are only talking about using the traps to monitor populations, not to attempt to reduce populations. Traps are generally ineffective at reducing pest populations; look at Japanese Beetles and Coddling Moths for example.

 

[ATH]

Interesting, but they are only talking about using the traps to monitor populations, not to attempt to reduce populations. Traps are generally ineffective at reducing pest populations; look at Japanese Beetles and Coddling Moths for example.

I guess you didn't click the link.

This is an article about mating disruption (with the goal of reducing population), not (monitoring) traps. Probably bad title on my part, but that is why I used quotes...and provided a link.

 

[leeson]

I guess you didn't click the link.

This is an article about mating disruption (with the goal of reducing population), not (monitoring) traps. Probably bad title on my part, but that is why I used quotes...and provided a link.

I did read the article, didn't you? I guess I'll have to use quotes of my own:

"The purpose of the decoys is to trap the males so that populations of emerald ash borers can be detected in new locations quickly"