Abstract
Abstract Early detection and precision targeting are key elements in a successful management strategy of stored product pests so that actions can be implemented while the population density is still low and controllable. The overall purpose of pheromone trapping is not to catch as many insect pests as possible, but to obtain monitoring data that provide as much information as possible about the spatio-temporal dynamics of the pest population. We placed 30 pheromone-baited traps in a grid with traps being 3–4 m apart in a relatively small trapping space with (1) no food, (2) no human activity, (3) all traps placed at the same height, and (4) no presence of Plodia interpunctella females (except when used as lures). Male moths were released from single locations, and the purposes of this study were to (1) evaluate the trapping efficiency (number of male P. interpunctella caught) when using different (Z,E)-9,12-tetradecadienyl acetate (Z9,E12–14:Oac) (ZETA) concentrations in lures, (2) release male P. interpu...
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