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MATING BEHAVIOR IN RHAGOLETIS POMONELLA (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE): V. VIRGIN FEMALE ATTRACTION TO MALE ODOR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Ronald J. Prokopy
Ronald J. Prokopy
Affiliation:
Prokopy Bio-Experimental Farm, Route 1, Bailey's Harbor, Wisconsin
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Abstract

Evidence from studies in large field cages indicated that odor from virgin male apple maggot flies, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh), was attractive to virgin females. Whether the principal role of this odor in mating behavior is in fact that of a female attractant or rather that of an aphrodisiac is uncertain and awaits further study.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 107 , Issue 8 , August 1975 , pp. 905 - 908
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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