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Med fruit fly pheromone (Ceratitis capitata)

Pheromone bait for monitoring and trapping the Mediterranean fruit fly. The bait is a rubber dispenser containing an artificially synthesized pheromone identical to natural Ceratitis capitata is in a sealed metallized sachet.

Packaging

1 pc.

Transport and storage

Store in a cool dry place, protected from direct sunlight. Shelf life at 10-20 °C - 6 months. Shelf life at 4-9 °C - 12 months. Shelf life in the freezer at -18 °C is more than 24 months.

PURPOSE AND APPLICATION

Target pest:

Med Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata).

Crops:

Fruit, berry and vegetable crops.

Application:

Place two traps per hectare (2 traps/ ha) throughout the monitoring site. Hang the pheromone trap near to the highest point of the plant, or approximately 2 meters high using supporting posts or from a suitable branch.

Do not re-use the trap to monitor different insects as this may lead to mixed catches.

DETAIL INFORMATION

Manufacturer: Russell IPM

Pheromone bait for monitoring and trapping the Med fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata).
Ceratitis capitata is prevalent in many parts of the world: across most of Africa, South Europe and South America and a total of 132 countries and groups of islands worldwide.

Female Medfly pierce the skin of fruit to lay 1-10 eggs around 1mm beneath the surface. Several females may use the same deposition hole so more than 75 eggs could be clustered in one fruit. Eggs hatch and larvae begin eating and forming tunnels. The damage occurs in stages as seen below. Secondary organisms such as bacteria and fungi gain access through the holes and cause decomposition to the plant tissue as an indirect result of the attack.

Ceratitis capitata is highly polyphagous and causes damage to a very wide range of unrelated fruit crops. In Mediterranean countries it is particularly damaging to citrus and peaches.

Ceratitis capitata transmits fruit-rotting fungi. Adults puncture the protective skin of fruits to lay eggs, allowing fungi to infest the crop.

Larval feeding damage in fruit is the most damaging. Mature attacked fruit may develop a water-soaked appearance. Young fruits become distorted and usually drop. The larval tunnels provide further entry points for bacteria and fungi that cause the fruit to rot.

These maggots also attack young seedlings, succulent roots, stems and buds of the plants.

Advantages:

for 6 weeks, Ceratitis capitata is baited and trapped, giving a clear picture of the pest population;
pest detection at early stages of population development;
the possibility of mass capture;
easy to use with deltoid and other types of traps.

Precautionary measures:

Handle with care, avoid extensive hand contact and wear gloves when handling the product;
Do not eat or drink while handling the product.