Evidence for a Sex Attractant in the Elaterid Beetle, Hemicrepidius morio (LeConte)
- 1 June 1964
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 96 (6), 909-910
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent96909-6
Abstract
Numbers of the elaterid beetle, Hemicrepidius morio (LeConte) were attracted to cages containing logs or bark. Males greatly predominated. Evidence is presented for assuming a sex attractant, from females in the cages or in the traps used, to be involved.Keywords
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