An olfactometer for analyzing responses of death-feigning insects
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Nakamuta, K.; van Tol, R.W.H.M.; Visser, J.H.
- Source
- Applied Entomology and Zoology, 40(1), 173-175
Applied Entomology and Zoology 40 (2005) 1
- Subject
- Biointeracties and Plant Health
otiorhynchus-sulcatus
PRI Biointeractions en Plantgezondheid
vine weevil
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0003-6862
The present paper describes a novel Y-track olfactometer for the analyses of olfactory responses of insects which are easily disturbed and then feign to be dead. The olfactometer has been demonstrated to be useful for the analyses of olfactory responses of the vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus F.