pheromone

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“You’re literally managing a pest by preventing it from being born in the first place,” said Haviland of both sterile insect technique and pheromone mating disruption.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

Some, such as pheromone composition, directly influence the insect’s preference for partners, ensuring H. elevatus mates mostly with members of its own species and only occasionally with its parent species.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 17, 2024

The team's first step was to identify the gene in large black chafers for the receptor that reacts to the female pheromone, which has the seductive name L-isoleucine methyl ester, or LIME.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

There are specific genes that cause female worker bees to be more receptive to this pheromone, and consequently to engage in retinue behavior.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2023

Mr Malka's Spotta device is a small plastic box that contains a pheromone chemical designed to attract bedbugs.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023