Pink oil-baited trap for the control of pubescent rose chafer, Tropinota squalida Scop

AT 60 ML FROM PINK OIL WERE BLENDED WITH 30 ML OF ETHANOL (96%) AND DISTRIBUTED IN 18 TRAP / FEDDAN. EACH TRAP CONSISTS OF PLASTIC DISH (25 CM DIAM. AND 7 CM DEEP). THE TRAP WAS BAITED WITH 5 ML OF PREVIOUS MIXTURE (PINK OIL +ETHANOL) AND FILLED WITH ONE LITER OF WATER. THE TRAP FIXED ABOVE THE MAIN TRUNK OF THE APRICOT TREE. THE TRAP WAS FIXED BY A ROPE OR AN IRON WIRE ON BRANCHES OF THE TREE TRUNK AND SUSPENDED 0.5-0.8 M ABOVE THE GROUND. THE ODOR-BAITED TRAP (PINK OIL-BAITED TRAP) WAS LOCATED BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY FOUR TREES AND DISTANCES BETWEEN TRAPS WERE 12-18M. THE TRAPS WERE REPLACED AT 4-DAY INTERVALS DURING THE PERIOD OF FLOWERING PHASE