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Reactions of Male Click Beetles in the Laboratory to Olfactory Pheromones1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. E. Lilly  and
A. J. McGinnis
C. E. Lilly
Affiliation:
Canada Agriculture Research Station, Lethbridge, Alberta
A. J. McGinnis
Affiliation:
Canada Agriculture Research Station, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Abstract

Sex attractants were demonstrated in extracts of virgin females from four species, representing three genera, of elaterids. Each attractant was species specific. An olfactometer is described that permitted paper chromatograms of the extracts to be bio-assayed for pheromone activity. RF values of the attractants from the four species are compared.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 97 , Issue 3 , March 1965 , pp. 317 - 321
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1965

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