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Fifty percent of anAmblyomma variegatum female population were able to find upwind-positioned targets containing the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone of this species or the pheromone componento-nitrophenol alone. The ticks were not attracted to the other components of the pheromone: methyl-salicylate and pelargonic acid. The mean time required for the ticks to reach a target at 1 m from the starting point was 3 min and 20 s.
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Hess, E., De Castro, J.J. Field tests of the response of femaleAmblyomma variegatum (Acari:Ixodidae) to the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone and its components. Exp Appl Acarol 2, 249–255 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01193957
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