Interspecies Interaction of Some Click Beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae)
The interspecies interaction of pheromones of click beetles Agriotes lineatus L., A. sputator L., A. tauricus Heyd., A. ponticus Step., and A. gurgistanus F. was studied using combined pheromone baits containing pheromones of two species. Under field conditions, geranyl butyrate inhibited the attraction of pheromone traps for A. tauricus. The capturing of A. gurgistanus F. males was reduced in the traps containing pheromones of A. lineatus, A. sputator, A. tauricus, and A. ponticus. A positive correlation was found between the application rate of insecticides and the capturing of A. tauricus males in pheromone traps.