Seasonal activity of adult, ground-occurring beetles (Coleoptera) in...

The American Midland Naturalist;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......although species composition varied considerably. Trap catch of seven species was greatest from early May to...sayi Laporte, showed both early and late peaks in trap catch. Trap catch of eight species was greatest from early July to...

Calculating pheromone trap catches: use centroid as a simple way to get an...

Pest Control;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......make it hard to determine what a given trap catch actually means. In this article, I'll...describe the calculation of value termed trap catch centroid. This simple value can help...the strategy could be applied to most trap catch data sets in green-houses, museums, food...

Minkcredible; pounds 1.6m wildlife cull traps just 200 in a year... pounds...

Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  March 9, 2003 ;     345 words ......would cost almost pounds 500,000. Despite having nearly 2500 traps baited each day, a dedicated team of 10 trappers have caught an...labour intensive job. The mink are trapped using steel wire traps baited with fish but the trappers have been experimenting with an...

Responses of Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Tribolium...

European Journal of Entomology;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......adults were equally attracted to traps baited with the aggregation pheromone of that species and to traps baited with both pheromones. In contrast...behavioural trend towards a stimulus. Traps baited with 1 g of a mixture of plant extracts...

Phenylacetaldehyde: A chemical attractant for common green lacewings...

European Journal of Entomology;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......At five sites in Hungary and Italy, traps baited with phenylacetaldehyde caught significantly...numbers caught by sticky delta and funnel traps baited with phenylacetaldehyde. However, funnel...females were caught than males. Funnel traps baited with three dispensers of ...

Monkey duo still on the run.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  October 22, 1998 ;     64 words ......monkeys which escaped from the world's largest primate research centre in Covington, Louisiana, have been captured. Large traps baited with fruit have failed to lure the remaining escapees from Tulane University Primate Centre. The centre uses its 4,500 monkeys...

Use of Ethyl (E,Z)-2,4-decadienoate in Codling Moth Management: Kairomone...

Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Saussure) was caught in low numbers in traps baited with pear ester (Day and Jeanne 2001...occasionally been observed in or near traps baited with > 20.0 mg pear ester septa...fagiglandana (Zeller), were caught in traps baited with pear ester in Swedish apple orchards...

Expelled.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 11, 2005 ;     43 words ...A GROUP of terrapins are to be deported to Italy after horrified pre-school children saw them eating ducklings on a pond. Volunteers from the London Wildlife Trust have been catching the terrapins in Sheepwash Pond, Mill Hill, north London, using traps baited with chicken legs

Poison, glue traps unwise solutions to mice problem

Albuquerque Journal;  January 18, 2003 ;     658 words ......mice will continue to defecate and urinate while trying to escape the trap. I suggest using live traps baited with oatmeal or snap traps baited with candy to control mice. I never recommend using rodenticides because of the concerns you made...

Cash cut over bird killing bid.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  January 8, 2008 ;     111 words ......to have his EU subsidy cut after his gamekeeper was convicted of trying to kill protected birds of prey. George Aitken set traps baited with live pigeons and put pheasant carcasses laced with poison on moorland near the farm, in Blythe, Berwickshire. Aitken...

MMMMM, bacon fat.(Letter to the editor)

Design News;  March 20, 2006 ;     105 words ......doesn't need a better mousetrap, it needs better bait. Mice enjoy chocolate, peanut butter and cheese. They gather 'round traps baited with those snacks and have a party. In the morning, the traps are bare--of mice and bait. I swear by a bit of raw bacon fat...

Searchers down to two escaped monkeys from research center

AP Online;  October 20, 1998 ;     158 words ......down to the last two of 24 rhesus monkeys that broke out of a cage at the world's largest primate research center. Large traps baited with fruit have failed to lure the remaining escapees from Tulane University Primate Center. One of the small brown monkeys...

pounds 15,000 to trap the killer crays.(News)

Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  June 17, 2001 ;     166 words ...Byline: CHARLES LAVERY EXCLUSIVE SCOTS rangers are laying traps baited with rabbit to catch gigantic crayfish which are over-running the country's rivers, The American signal crayfish got into the river...

Still looking for a job for the summer? Hunt boll weevils.

Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA);  May 17, 2007 ;     207 words ......Agriculture and Consumer Services is looking for boll weevil trappers. You hang out in hot cotton fields and, basically, check traps baited with a sex hormone that attracts the beetle -- for decades the scourge of this state's cotton farmers. You may have to work...

Bear kills girl, wounds brother, mom

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 15, 2006 ;     191 words ...BENTON, Tenn. -- Authorities put out traps baited with honey buns and doughnuts Friday in hopes of capturing a potentially crazed black bear that killed a 6-year-old girl and mauled...