Allen University, Columbia, South Carolina, Junior, major:
Biology Mentor: Terry Arbogast Efficiency of Baited and Non-
baited Pitfall Traps in Capturing Lasioderma serricorne
Abstract: The cigarette beetle, (Lasioderma serricorne) is a
major pest of stored products. It feeds on a variety of products
including spices, flour, cereal, dry mixes, and almost anything
stored in homes, stores, and warehouses. These pests are so hard
to control because of the large number of eggs that they produce
and the vast number of items that they attack. In an attempt to
use control methods to minimize the use of pesticides, and also
determine and compare the trap efficiency of baited and
nonbaited traps, pitfall traps were set up at the CMAVE shed.
The experiment consisted of releasing 2000 beetles into the shed
and recording the number of beetles captured. In addition to
recording the number of beetles, temperature was also measured
at each trap position and release position. Each treatment was
replicated three times. The dat