Abstract
Luprops tristis (Mupli beetle) is noted for the magnitude of nuisance caused by home invasion in millions prior to monsoon rains and subsequent dormancy inside residential buildings in rubber plantation belts of Kerala state of India, for the last three decades. Return of the new generation beetles into the same shelters used by parent generation strongly suggests the involvement of semiochemicals based at aggregation sites and identification of such semiochemicals may offer alternative management strategies for this nuisance species. In the present study, air borne volatiles from the aggregation site during different phases of dormancy were collected, identified, bioassayed for behavioural response and possible role of identified volatile compounds in the selection of aggregation sites and maintenance of aggregation has been discussed.
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