Blurring the lines for male insects
Sex chemicals blur male insects into looking for love in all the erroneous places. Each pheromone only targets a single pest species. That leaves helpful pollinators like bees and slayers such as ladybugs uninjured. Some farmers are now turning to the green substitute of pheromones, the alluring chemicals female insects use to attract males. By spraying pheromones into the air in orchards and vineyards, farmers can confuse male insects into thinking that females are calling from all directions. The males go looking for love in all the wrong places, while the females wait defenselessly. Pheromones have a number of advantages. Insecticides don’t just kill pests, but also beneficial insects such as pollinators and pest-eating predators. Pheromones, on the other hand, are accurately targeted, because each insect species has its own chemically divergent pheromone. A given pheromone can target just the single insect species that’s causing damage while not affecting any other moth around or any other insect for that matter: nor do pheromones affect any other organisms. They can be used by both organic and conventional growers.
gogreenpestcontrol.ca Ladner Tsawwassen Delta B.C. Randy Bilesky
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/green-alternative-pesticide-sprays-randy-bilesky?published=t
http://www.delta-optimist.com/opinion/blogs/blog-blurring-the-lines-for-male-insects-1.19481943
