Journal of Zhejiang Agricultural Sciences ›› 2026, Vol. 67 ›› Issue (2): 438-443.DOI: 10.16178/j.issn.0528-9017.20250410

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Comparison of the field trapping efficacy of different trapping products on two species of fruit flies

JIA Xingyu1,2(), WANG Yuxi2, LIU Min2, SUN Tingzhe1(), ZHANG Jinming2()   

  1. 1.School of Life Sciences,Anqing Normal University,Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Characteristic Resource Utilization in Southwest Anhui,Anqing 246133,Anhui
    2.Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology,Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Hangzhou 310021,Zhejiang
  • Received:2025-06-09 Online:2026-02-28 Published:2026-03-07

Abstract:

Fruit flies represent an important group of invasive and quarantine pests that are frequently disseminated through the transportation of fresh fruits and vegetables,resulting in substantial damage to agricultural production in many invaded regions. Consequently,the development and implementation of effective monitoring programs and environmentally sustainable control strategies are imperative. The study evaluated the field-trapping efficacy of six trapping products on Zeugdacus tau and Zeugdacus scutellata,in order to screen out optimal trapping product for green control of fruit flies in Zhejiang Province. The results indicated that sexual lure products exhibit significantly greater trapping efficacy for fruit flies compared with color or food lure products. The ranking of trapping efficacy of four sexual lure products was as follows:Sex Pheromone Sticky Card Trap>Lieying® Fruit Fly Pheromone Sticky Card Trap>Kangbi® Trap for male and female adults>Yikeman® Fruit Fly Trap,and they exhibited stable attraction and a relatively long duration of efficacy. Further attraction tests on Sex Pheromone Sticky Card Trap showed that it could capture a large number of fruit flies, but its attraction to Z. tau was significantly higher than that to Z. scutellata. The attraction of male flies to two species was much higher than that of female flies,with Z. tau male flies capturing 4.8 times more than female flies and Z. Scutellata male flies capturing 18.0 times more than female flies. The Xinxi® Sex Pheromone Sticky Card Trap exhibited optimal cost-effectiveness, and was recommended for fruit and vegetable flies control. Enhancing the performance of this product and concurrently increasing its attractiveness to female flies is an important research direction for sustainable fruit fly control.

Key words: Zeugodacus tau, Zeugodacus scutellatus, color-based attractant, sex attractant, food attractant

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