Todd, The pheromones for wood boring beetles such as the furniture beetle, Anobium punctatum or powderpost beetles, Lychtid sp. have either never been identified or they are so difficult of a synthesis process that they are not currently being made. 15 - 20 years ago, there was a commercially available pheromone for Anobium punctatum, but the lab in the UK quit producing this pheromone. I assume that the effort of the synthesis did not match the profits made. Insects Limited attempted the synthesis years ago and gave up after a year and a half of attempts and failures. There is always a chance that new synthesis routes are figured out for Anobium or that new research on the pheromone for Lychtid beetles emerge. We anxiously await those breakthroughs.
In the meantime, UV Light traps are effective at attracting adult wood boring beetles for monitoring purposes. The lights needs to be directed away from any collection material as they will cause degradation. Any standard light trap used for attracting flies will work. Also, wooden beams or individual pieces of wood can have tissue paper attached to them using a mixture of methyl cellulose and water. After the paper dries and adheres to the surface of the wood, new emergence holes can be noted to tell you if there is current activity in that wood. These are the monitoring tools that we have at this point. Regards, Pat Kelley ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Todd Holmberg <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 11:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [pestlist] Wood Borer Pheromone Hello Group, Does anyone know if there are pheromone lures out there designed to attract different types of wood boring beetles? If yes, and you had positive results with them, do you happen to remember the brand and/or where you got them? Thanks, Todd -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BiN5utYKpaFsb6L3_tKmRLx7sRzFA_q4T45%3DvEiqG9DcQ%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BiN5utYKpaFsb6L3_tKmRLx7sRzFA_q4T45%3DvEiqG9DcQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/DM5PR1401MB1946256E75AF1F0F46C092A7F8400%40DM5PR1401MB1946.namprd14.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
