Novel attractants for vespid wasps
AssigneePherotech International Inc.
InventorsErvin Kovacs, John H. Borden
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Abstract
This invention relates to novel methods and compositions, wherein chopped dried apple or apple pomace can be used as supplementary lures for trapping wasps in the family Vespidae in combination with volatile chemical attractants, including (but not limited to) heptyl butyrate, acetic acid and isobutanol. Said vespid wasps may be in the genera Vespa, Vespula, Dolichovespula or Polistes. When formulated in a porous bag immersed in a water-detergent capture medium at the bottom of the interior chamber of an Oak Stump trap, either chopped dried apple or apple pomace can increase the capture of said vespid wasps several fold.
Claims20
A method of enhancing the attraction of yellowjackets and other wasps in the Family Vespidae to volatile chemical attractants, which comprises combining the attractant with an apple substance.
A method of enhancing the attraction of yellowjackets and other wasps in the family Vespidae to a volatile chemical attractant which comprises combining the attractant with chopped dried apples.
A method of forming an attractant composition for yellowjackets and other wasps in the Family Vespidae which comprises combining a yellowjacket or other wasp attractant with an apple substance.
A composition for attracting yellowjackets and other wasps in the Family Vespidae comprising a combination of apple pomace and one or more volatile chemical attractants.
A composition for attracting yellowjackets and other wasps in the family Vespidae comprising a combination of chopped dried apples and one or more volatile yellowjacket attractants.
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