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Evidence for a Sex Attractant in the Elaterid Beetle, Hemicrepidius morio (LeConte)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. A. Chapman
J. A. Chapman
Affiliation:
Forest Entomology and Pathology Laboratory, Victoria, B.C.
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Abstract

Numbers of the elaterid beetle, Hemicrepidius morio (LeConte) were attracted to cages containing logs or bark. Males greatly predominated. Evidence is presented for assuming a sex attractant, from females in the cages or in the traps used, to be involved.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 96 , Issue 6 , June 1964 , pp. 909 - 910
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1964

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