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Modeling Trapping of Fruit Flies for Detection, Suppression, or Eradication

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Trapping and the Detection, Control, and Regulation of Tephritid Fruit Flies

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Models of insect trapping in general and fruit fly trapping in particular are reviewed. These include models for detection, suppression, and eradication. Models for detection include areas of attraction for traps, probability of capture of insects in traps, and probabilistic models for declaring that a species has either not yet invaded an area or has been eradicated from the area. Dispersal is likely to have a major role in trapping, as it will bring insects into contact with more traps, and thus the probability of being trapped and killed is greater. Population dynamic models for mass-trapping insects for suppression or eradication indicate that the deployment of attract and kill devices is more effective if females are targeted, such as the use of food-based lures. If only males are targeted in an effort to deprive females of mates, the rate of trapping must be very high, otherwise the few males remaining will likely be sufficient to fertilize enough females to maintain the population. Male mating prior to being trapped is a major deterrent to the success of the male annihilation approach. If some females are also trapped, then the outcome is much more optimistic. The concurrent release of sterile insects, preferably when these are less responsive to the attractant due to pre-release exposure to a male lure such as methyl eugenol, interacts synergistically with trapping, and suppression or eradication is likely to be easier if both control methods are used simultaneously rather than sequentially. A case study of Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) is presented with relevant population equations and parameter values. Methods for calculation of the barrier width required to exclude insect pests from a protected area are presented with tentative results for medflies.

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    Hugh J. Barclay

  2. Insect Pest Control Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Wagramerstrasse 5, 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria

    Jorge Hendrichs

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  2. ARS, United States Department of Agriculture, Miami, Florida, USA

    Nancy Epsky

  3. ARS, United States Department of Agriculture, Hilo, Hawaii, USA

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  4. Insect Pest Control Section, International Atomic Energy Agency Food and Agriculture Organization, Vienna, Austria

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Barclay, H.J., Hendrichs, J. (2014). Modeling Trapping of Fruit Flies for Detection, Suppression, or Eradication. In: Shelly, T., Epsky, N., Jang, E., Reyes-Flores, J., Vargas, R. (eds) Trapping and the Detection, Control, and Regulation of Tephritid Fruit Flies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9193-9_11

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