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THERE is a powerful assembling scent or sex attractant in the frass produced by the male of Ips confusus boring in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)1. These attractants evoke the concentration flight or mass attack by individuals of both sexes2, but the females are much more responsive than the males3,4. When the insects arrive at the source of the attractant, they take part in boring, feeding, mating and oviposition.
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WOOD, D., STARK, R., SILVERSTEIN, R. et al. Unique Synergistic Effects produced by the Principal Sex Attractant Compounds of Ips confusus (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Nature 215, 206 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215206a0
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