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. 1986 Sep;2(3):249-55.
doi: 10.1007/BF01193957.

Field tests of the response of female Amblyomma variegatum (Acari:Ixodidae) to the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone and its components

E Hess  1 , J J De Castro
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Field tests of the response of female Amblyomma variegatum (Acari:Ixodidae) to the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone and its components

E Hess et al. Exp Appl Acarol. 1986 Sep.

Abstract

Fifty percent of an Amblyomma variegatum female population were able to find upwind-positioned targets containing the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone of this species or the pheromone component o-nitrophenol alone. The ticks were not attracted to the other components of the pheromone: methyl-salicylate and pelargonic acid. The mean time required for the ticks to reach a target at 1 m from the starting point was 3 min and 20 s.

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