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Science 28 June 1963:
Vol. 140. no. 3574, pp. 1367 - 1373
DOI: 10.1126/science.140.3574.1367
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Chemical Insect Attractants

Insects promote their own destruction in responding to traps baited with specific lures

Martin Jacobson 1 and Morton Beroza 1

1 Pesticide Chemicals Research Branch, Entomology Research Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Md.

Many insects depend on odors to lead them to sources that supply their basic needs. Knowledge of these behavioral patterns helps to combat insects of economic importance. For example, attractants in traps offer a remarkably simple means of detecting insects and may even be useful in direct control. They are increasing the efficiency of insecticide applications because treatments need be applied only where insects are caught and only as long as they are caught.

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