Enhancement of insect control with attractant pheromones

摘要

An attractant pheromone-enhanced bait composition has been discovered for the control of arthropods, particularly pest social insects. The attractant pheromone-enhanced bait decreases the percentage of bait taken by nontarget arthropods and reduces the amount of toxicant currently in use to control pest arthropods. Testing is done with an olfactometer having 2 choice chambers (2) attached to an ant entry (6).