FEMALE CERATITIS CAPITATA (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) CAPTURE IN A DRY TRAP BAITED WITH A FOOD-BASED SYNTHETIC ATTRACTANT IN AN ARGAN FOREST IN MOROCCO. PART I: LOW POPULATION FIELD TEST

1998 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bakri ◽  
H. Hadis ◽  
N.D. Epsky ◽  
R.R. Heath ◽  
J. Hendrichs
Keyword(s):  
Field Test ◽  
Field Trial ◽  
Ceratitis Capitata ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Mediterranean Fruit Fly ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Synthetic Attractant ◽  
The Mediterranean

AbstractField tests were conducted in an argan forest in Morocco to evaluate the performance of a cylindrical dry trap and food-based synthetic attractant (FA) for monitoring the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata (Weidemann). This female-targeted trapping system was compared with Jackson traps baited with trimedlure (TML), a male-targeted trapping system. TML-baited traps attracted significantly more males than FA-baited traps (91.4 ± 13.01 and 5.0 ± 0.75 males, respectively), and the FA-baited traps captured significantly more females than did TML-baited traps (9.3 ± 1.93 and 0.1 ± 0.04 females, respectively). For the first month of the field trial, the ratio of mature females to immature females captured in the FA-baited traps was approximately equal, but more immature females were captured in the second month. FA-baited traps were less specific and captured significantly more nontarget flies than did TML-baited traps.

Comparison of Ceralure and Trimedlure Attractants for the Male Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)2

1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Leonhardt ◽  
R. T. Cunningham ◽  
J. W. Avery ◽  
A. B. DeMilo ◽  
J. D. Warthen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Ceratitis Capitata ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Mediterranean Fruit Fly ◽  
The World ◽  
Major Pest ◽  
The Mediterranean

The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), is a major pest of fruits and vegetables in the world but, through an extensive trapping program, the continental United States has remained free of established populations. These traps are baited with 2 g of trimedlure which is highly attractive to the male flies. This study contrasts the effectiveness of trimedlure and a new attractant, ceralure, which is an iodo-analog of trimedlure. Field tests in Hawaii using released sterile flies showed that the most attractive B1 isomer of ceralure caught 2 to 3 times as many male flies per mg as did the most attractive C isomer of trimedlure.

Effects of cold post-harvest treatments of sweet bell peppers on the development of the Mediterranean fruit fly ( Ceratitis capitata )

2016 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 16-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossana Castro ◽  
Elazar Fallik ◽  
Esther Nemny-Lavy ◽  
Sharon Alkalai-Tuvia ◽  
Polychronis Rempoulakis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ceratitis Capitata ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Mediterranean Fruit Fly ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Bell Peppers ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals Seasonal occurrence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in southern Syria

2016 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mansour ◽  
Fater Mohamad
Keyword(s):  
Ceratitis Capitata ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Mediterranean Fruit Fly ◽  
Diospyros Kaki ◽  
Population Fluctuations ◽  
Sampling Studies ◽  
The Mediterranean

Abstract Population fluctuations of the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, were investigated between 1999 and 2001 at several locations representing fruit production areas in the southern part of Syria (Damascus Ghota, Zabadani, Sargaiah, Rankus, Orneh and Ain Al-Arab). Medfly adults were monitored weekly all year around using Jackson traps baited with trimedlure dispensers. Larvae were also sampled in Damascus Ghota by collecting fruits from ripe or ripening fruit trees and recording the number of larvae emerged from these fruits. In addition, suspected overwintering refuges were sampled at weekly intervals during the three coldest months of the year (December – February) and the number of collected larvae was recorded. The results of trap catches and fruit sampling studies showed a similar pattern of occurrence of medfly populations in the study areas, particularly in Damascus Ghota, during the three years of the study. In Damascus Ghota, flies were caught continuously from early June to late December with some variability between years. Two distinct periods of high fly activity were observed: the first one occurred in August and the second in November with a much higher amplitude. In general, seasonal fluctuations in the pattern of occurrence were influenced by differences in temperature and abundance of preferred host fruits. Traps on fig Ficus carica and oriental persimmon Diospyros kaki trees caught the highest numbers of flies, and fruits collected from these trees showed the highest level of infestation, reaching 100% for fig fruit late in the season. Sampling fruits (in Damascus Ghota) from trees during the three coldest months of the year showed that a small population of medfly larvae was able to survive winter conditions in prickly pear Opuntia vulgaris fruit left on the trees. In the other areas of the study (Zabadani, Sargaiah, Rankus, Orneh and Ain Al-Arab), only a few flies were caught.

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