Original paper
Formaldehyd-Lösung attrahiert Carabus problematicus (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
[Formaldehyde-Solution as Attractant for Carabus problematicus (Coleoptera: Carabidae)]
Adis, Joachim; Kramer, Ernst
Entomologica Germanica Band 2 Heft 2 (1975), p. 121 - 125
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published: Dec 19, 1975
DOI: 10.1127/entom.germ/2/1975/121
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Abstract
The attractive or repellent effect of aldehydes, methanol and picric acid on Carabus problematicus Herbst 1784 was tested with a locomotion-compensator in laboratory experiments. Heptanal (0,1%), pentanal (0,1%), and formaldehyde (3%) proved to be attractants. Methanol (0,1%) also seems to be an attractant; picric acid solution proved to be neutral. The attractant effect of formaldehyde has been found not to remain constant during the year.