Attraction of female Chiracanthium mildei (Araneae: Clubionidae) to olfactory cues from male Mediterranean fruit flies Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Author: Kaspi R.

Source: BioControl, Volume 45, Number 4, December 2000 , pp. 463-468(6)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Chiracanthium mildei, a common sac spider (Clubionidae) in Israel, is an important predator of pest insects in citrus and apple orchards. Field observations indicate that the females of this hunting spider are attracted to traps containing the parapheromone trimedlure and males of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata), which were caught in these traps. Laboratory tests show that C. mildei females are attracted to olfactory cues from male C. capitata, but not to trimedlure. This suggests that C. mildei may be an important nocturnal predator of C. capitata.

Keywords: attraction; field trapping; Mediterranean fruit fly; olfaction; predatory spider; Clubionidae; Tephritidae; Ceratitis capitata; Chiracanthium mildei

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Department of Entomology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel e-mail: kaspi@agri.huji.ac.il

Publication date: 2000-12-01