Research Article
Interactions among Carbon Dioxide, Heat, and Chemical Lures in Attracting the Bed Bug, Cimex lectularius L. (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
Table 1
Percent bed bugs in pitfall traps baited with three chemical lures and an unbaited control in each arena.
| Group | Chemical lure | | Mean (%) ± SE | | value | Source of material |
| I | 1-Octen-3-ol | 8 |
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| 8.60 | 0.0001 | Bedoukian Research Inc. | L-Lactic acid | 8 |
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| | | Bedoukian Research Inc. | Coriander Egyptian oil | 8 |
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| | | New Directions Aromatic | Control | 8 | | | | | Arena | 8 | | | | |
| II | L-carvone | 8 |
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| 6.90 | 0.0001 | Bedoukian Research Inc. | Spearmint oil | 8 |
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| | | Bedoukian Research Inc. |
Styralol | 8 | | | | Bedoukian Research Inc. | Control | 8 | | | | | Arena | | | | | |
| III | Nonanal | 8 |
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| 4.84 | 0.002 | Sigma-Aldrich Co. | Benzyl alcohol | 8 |
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| | | Sigma-Aldrich Co. | 6-Methyl-5-Hepten-2-one | 8 | | | | Sigma-Aldrich Co. | Control | 8 | | | | | | Arena | | | | | |
| IV | Insect Biting Lure | 4 | | 0.57 | 0.63 | Bedoukian Research Inc. | R-Octenol + NH3HCO3 | 4 | | | | Bedoukian Research Inc. | Z-Geranyl Acetone | 4 | | | | Bedoukian Research Inc. | Control | 4 | | | | | | Arena | | | | | |
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*Indicates significantly different from the unbaited control within each group ().
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