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Reduced offspring production in bark beetleTomicus piniperda in pine bolts baited with ethanol and α-pinene, which attract antagonistic insects

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Bolts of Scots pine,Pinus sylvestris L., attacked by the bark beetleTomicus piniperda (L.) were baited with ethanol and α-pinene to attract antagonistic insects and thereby enhance their detrimental effects on the production of bark beetle progeny. Unbaited and caged bolts were included in the experiments as controls. Attraction of beetles to the bolts and subsequent emergence were estimated using traps. Six phloem-feeding species (potential competitors ofT. piniperda) and four predatory species were caught in significantly higher numbers at the baited bolts than at the unbaited ones. The number of offspring and the productivity ofT. piniperda were four to seven times higher in unbaited bolts than in baited bolts. Exclusion of other insects, by using cages, resulted in a nine-fold increase in the number ofT. piniperda offspring per square meter and productivity (offspring per egg gallery) compared with unbaited, exposed bolts.Hylurgops palliatus (Gyll.) (Scolytidae) andRhagium inquisitor (L.) (Cerambycidae) attacked both the baited and unbaited bolts, whereasAcanthocinus aedilis (L.) (Cerambycidae) andPytho depressus (L.) (Pythidae) reproduced almost exclusively in the baited ones. Large numbers of larvae ofThanasimus (Cleridae) andRhizophagus (Rhizophagidae) emerged from both the baited and unbaited bolts. Adults ofPlegaderus vulneratus (Panzer) andCylister linearis (Er.) (Histeridae) emerged almost exclusively from the baited bolts. The low progeny production ofT. piniperda in the baited bolts was attributed largely to the influence of adults ofRhizophagus andEpuraea (Nitidulidae), and larvae ofThanasimus andA. aedilis.

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Schroeder, L.M., Weslien, J. Reduced offspring production in bark beetleTomicus piniperda in pine bolts baited with ethanol and α-pinene, which attract antagonistic insects. J Chem Ecol 20, 1429–1444 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02059871

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