Attraction, Attack Patterns and Seasonal Activity of the Black Turpentine Beetle1
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 69 (4) , 653-655
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/69.4.653
Abstract
An aggregating pheromone was demonstrated to be produced by virgin females and/or males of the black turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier). Attraction produced by females was slightly stronger with evidence that females are primarily the gallery initiating sex and males the responding sex. Duration of attack period on an individual tree, Pinus taeda, lasts ca. 11 wk but with most of the activity occurring in the 1st 5 weeks. Flight and attack activity occurs principally from March through October with at least 3 overlapping generations/year.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Preferential Attack by Dendroctonus terebrans on Pinus elliottiiJournal of Economic Entomology, 1963
- Habits of Attack by the Black Turpentine Beetle on Slash and Longleaf Pine in North FloridaJournal of Economic Entomology, 1957