Research Article
Age-related and Individual Variation in Male Piezodorus hybneri (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) Pheromones
Table 1
Individual variation of pheromone titer and extraction from Piezodorus hybneri males.
| Male | Days of first detection | Pheromone emission (μg) | Amount extracted at 16 d (μg) | Daily maximum | 15-16 d | Sum (1–16 d) |
| 1 | 5-6 | 0.91 | 0.09 | 2.91 | 12.07 | 2 | 4-5 | 3.20 | 0.58 | 14.54 | 27.49 | 3 | 4-5 | 0.75 | 0.26 | 4.22 | 10.51 | 4 | 5-6 | 1.81 | 1.51 | 12.41 | 48.81 | 5 | 5-6 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.62 | 0.00 | 6 | — | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — | 7 | 5-6 | 0.09 | — | 0.09 | — | 8 | 4-5 | 0.32 | — | 1.03 | — | 9 | 3-4 | 1.03 | 0.29 | 5.68 | 5.18 | 10 | 3-4 | 3.47 | 0.50 | 18.62 | 27.02 |
| Average | | 1.32 | 0.46 | 6.01 | 18.73 |
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