Non-destructive tree-trunk funnel trap for capturing Hylobius warreni (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) ascending stems of trees

Abstract

A simple and inexpensive non-destructive trap to catch insects as they ascend tree boles is described. The trap was tested in a capture-mark-recapture experiment on the Warren root collar weevil, Hylobius warreni Wood. A high percentage (77%) of marked H. warreni were recaptured at least once during a 12-day period and 54% were recaptured more than once, with one weevil recaptured eight times.

Keywords

Hylobius warreni; Warren root collar weevil; tree-trunk funnel trap; ascending; capture-recapture; crawling; Curculionidae; flightless; Hylobius warreni; insect trap; mark-recapture; monitoring; tree-feeding; tree stem; Warren root collar weevil; Anthonomus pomorum; Artipus floridanus; Asynonychus godmani; Conotrachelus nenuphar; Curculio caryae; Diaprepes abbreviatus; Hylobius pales; Hylobius radicis; Pachylobius picivorus; Pissodes strobi; Sciaphilus asperatus; Otiorhynchus

Published in

Canadian Entomologist
2009, volume: 141, number: 4, pages: 422-424
Publisher: ENTOMOL SOC CANADA

SLU Authors

• Björklund, Niklas

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Associated SLU-program

SLU Plant Protection Network

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science
Ecology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/n09-030

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/59785