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Attraction of ambrosia beetles to ethanol baited traps in a Slovakian oak forest

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The attractiveness of ultra high release ethanol lures to ambrosia beetles in Slovakian oak forests was tested from 2010 to 2012. A total of 24,705 specimens were captured during this three year period with Xyleborinus saxesenii (Ratzeburg, 1837) representing 49.28% (12,174 specimens) of the total. Other dominant species captured in the traps were Anisandrus dispar (F., 1792) (27.84%), Xyleborus monographus (F., 1792) (9.72%) and Trypodendron signatum (F., 1792) (6.04%). During this experiment, Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford, 1894) was detected for the first time in Slovakia with an increase in capture each year (19, 40 and 77 specimens, respectively). Flight period for ambrosia beetles in Slovakia occurs from the beginning of April through the end of September. This is the first time that ethanol baited traps were deployed in Slovakian oak forests and the lures were an effective tool for monitoring native and non-native ambrosia beetles.

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  1. National Forest Centre, Forest Research Institute Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 22, 960 92, Zvolen, Slovakia

    Juraj Galko, Christo Nikolov, Andrej Kunca, Andrej Gubka, Jozef Vakula & Milan Zúbrik

  2. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 4321, Still Creek Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    Troy Kimoto

  3. Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 53, Zvolen, Slovakia

    Miroslav Ostrihoň

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Galko, J., Nikolov, C., Kimoto, T. et al. Attraction of ambrosia beetles to ethanol baited traps in a Slovakian oak forest. Biologia 69, 1376–1383 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-014-0443-z

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