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Science 19 May 1967:
Vol. 156. no. 3777, pp. 946 - 947
DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3777.946
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Automobile Paint Effective as an Insect Attractant

Orlo K. Jantz 1, Richard F. Gerta 1, and Marcus T. Wells Jr. 1

1 Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing Graduate students, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing

Two acrylic auto paints were effective attractants for sap beetles, Stelidota geminata (Say) and Glischrochilus fasciatus (Oliver). Response to the synthetic lures was sufficient to encourage additional testing of their potential in survey and control programs.

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