How can I detect a specific molecule on a surface? Based on the comments and answers, this question wasn't very clear, so I have completely overhauled this question to make it much clearer in another post:
How to create the equivalent of luminol for a compound?



Original Post/Question:

I'd like to be able to detect trace amounts of the chemical 'monomorine I' (5-methyl-3-butyloctahydroindolizine) on a surface. (It is an ant pheromone)

Is there an easy way to determine if the molecule is visible in IR or UV? (before I spend the money on this equipment)

Is there a strategy for causing a visible reaction? or even a reaction visible by IR or UV?

Advice on where to even begin would be a huge help.

(I do not have a chemistry lab with a Mass Spectrometer at my disposal)
Simple UV spectroscopy is not an option. 

You won't find anything at all above 254 nm - probably just a a weak band in the 220 nm range. Indolizidines are pretty dead in UV.

Derivatisation towards a fluorescent compound would require clevage of a $\ce{C-N}$ bond, formally a dealkylation of the tertiary bridgehead amine.

I have no idea if a reagent like 2-naphthyl chloroformate, which does form fluorescent carbamates upon heating with tertiary amines will work here and honestly, I wouldn't bother to try.

As pointed out in Martin's comment, GC/MS after washing/extraction probably is the way to go.