Data from: Comparison of different traps and attractants in three food processing facilities in Greece on the capture of stored product insects

We compared all combinations of three commercial traps and five different attractants on the capture of stored-product insects for two consecutive years in three food processing facilities in Central Greece. Specifically, Facility 1 and 2 were pasta factories and Facility 3 was a flour mill. The traps that were used in the experiments were Dome Trap (Trécé Inc., USA), Wall Trap (Trécé Inc., USA) and Box Trap (Insects Limited, Ltd., USA). The attractants that were evaluated were 0.13 g of : 1) of PantryPatrol gel (Insects Limited, Inc., USA), 2) Storgard kairomone food attractant oil (Trece Inc.), 3) wheat germ (Honeyville, USA), 4) Dermestid tablet attractant (Insects Limited Inc., USA). The traps were inspected approximately every 15 days and rotated clockwise. The captured insects were transferred to the Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology (LEAZ) at University of Thessaly for identification. The results indicated that there was a wide range of species within the three facilities throughout the trapping period, with the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner), the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) and the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (F.), being the most abundant. Although there were noticeable differences among the different traps and attractants for the capture of certain species, all combinations provided comparable population fluctuation patterns. In general, Dome traps, baited with either the oil or the gel, were found to be the most effective.
There are not much data available so far for the simultaneous comparable use of different trapping devices and different attractants in commercial facilities for long-term monitoring. Certain lures are marketed toward particular pests or classes of pests, while others might be more generic, multi-species lures. To shed light on this issue, we evaluated a series of combinations of floor traps and attractants, in three commercial facilities in Greece, for a period of two years. Our questions included both which trap was broadly most effective as well as whether different combinations of traps and types of attractants were delivering novel information about the stored product insect community. The traps include two types of floor traps, and the wall trap used in the USDA khapra beetle detection programs. The lures included the Insects Limited ™ dermestid tab that is more specifically focused on food kairomones for only that taxon, and the same company’s PantryPatrol gel, which uses wheat kairomones and the pheromones of multiple species, including dermestids. We also use the Trécé Storgard kairomone oil, and simple wheat germ, which are both multi-species kairomones with no pheromones.
Resources in this dataset:
Resource Title: 2018 and 2019 field trapping data
File Name: kb_greek_data_ag_data_commons.csv
Resource Description:
2.1 Storage facilities: The storage facilities in which this study took place are located in Central Greece. The selection of these facilities was based on their size, the accessibility from University of Thessaly (UTH) personnel and the known historical presence of stored product insect species and other arthropods. The sampling was conducted in three types of storage facilities refereed as Facility 1, Facility 2 and Facility 3. Facilities 1 and 2 are pasta factories, with substantial quantities of soft and hard wheat, flour and bran, but also some barley and maize, while Facility 3 is a flour mill, mostly focused on soft wheat processing. The deployment of the traps on each facility was conducted at 18 June 2018, 4 July 2018, and 3 July 2018 for Facility 1, 2 and 3, respectively.
2.2. Traps, attractants and inspection: The trap types that were used in our experiments were Dome Trap (Trécé Inc., USA), Wall Trap (Trécé Inc., USA) and Box Trap (Insects Limited, Ltd., USA). These traps have been proven effective for monitoring purposes based on previous studies (Toews et al., 2009; Athanassiou and Arthur, 2018; Gerken and Campbell, 2021). Four attractants (noted also as lures) were used in our experiments, which were 0.13 g: 1) PantryPatrol gel (gel, Insects Limited, Inc., USA), 2) Storgard™ Oil kairomone food attractant (oil, Trécé Inc.), 3) wheat germ (WG, Honeyville, USA), 4) Dermestid tablet attractant (bait, Insects Limited Inc., USA). Also, an additional series of traps was used without any attractant, and served as “control” (e.g., ctrl). In Facility 1, the different traps and attractant combinations were replicated two times. In Facilities 2 and 3, the combinations were replicated three times, based on larger space availability. For each Facility, the traps were inspected approx. every 15 days, with the exception of some intervals where access to the trapping areas was not possible (e.g. due to fumigations in certain areas etc.). The traps were rotated clockwise after each inspection. The attractants were replaced at 15-day intervals, while the traps were replaced whenever it was considered necessary (damaged or lost traps). All captured insects were transferred to the Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology (LEAZ), Department of Agriculture, Crop Protection and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly.
2.3 Identification: The morphological identification of the captured individuals was carried out up to the species level, or lowest taxonomic unit, whenever this was possible using taxonomic keys, but in general many specimens are referred to as taxa. The insects found were classified into species (species identification) using different taxonomic keys (Bousquet, 1990; Peacock, 1993; USDA 1991).
Data dictionary: rfb = red flour beetle cfb = confused flour beetle hfb = hairy fungus beetle lgb = lesser grain borer stgb = saw-toothed grain beetle cb = cigarette beetle rw = rice weevil gw = granary weevil imm = indianmeal moth rgb = rusty grain beetle trogoderma = dermestid genus

本研究对三种商业捕虫器和五种不同诱饵的组合在希腊中部三个食品加工设施中连续两年对储藏害虫的捕捉效果进行了比较。具体而言，设施1和2是面条工厂，而设施3是一家面粉厂。实验中使用的捕虫器包括圆顶捕虫器（Trécé Inc.，美国）、墙壁捕虫器（Trécé Inc.，美国）和箱式捕虫器（Insects Limited, Ltd.，美国）。评估的诱饵包括：1) 0.13克的PantryPatrol凝胶（Insects Limited, Inc.，美国），2) Storgard™ 拉康食品诱饵油（Trece Inc.），3) 小麦胚芽（Honeyville，美国），4) Dermestid药片诱饵（Insects Limited Inc.，美国）。捕虫器大约每15天检查一次，并按顺时针方向旋转。捕获的昆虫被转移到塞萨洛尼基大学的昆虫学及农业动物学实验室（LEAZ）进行鉴定。结果表明，在整个捕捉期间，三个设施中存在广泛的物种，其中印度面包虫Plodia interpunctella (Hübner)、红色面粉甲虫Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)和香烟甲虫Lasioderma serricorne (F.)最为丰富。尽管不同捕虫器和诱饵在捕捉某些物种方面存在明显差异，但所有组合均提供了可比的种群波动模式。总体而言，使用油或凝胶诱饵的圆顶捕虫器被发现是最有效的。截至目前，关于在商业设施中长期监测中同时使用不同捕虫器和不同诱饵的数据并不多见。某些诱饵针对特定害虫或害虫类群进行市场推广，而其他诱饵可能更为通用，适用于多种物种。为了阐明这一问题，我们在希腊三个商业设施中，为期两年评估了一系列地面捕虫器和诱饵的组合。我们的问题包括哪些捕虫器最有效，以及不同组合的捕虫器和诱饵类型是否提供了关于储藏害虫群落的全新信息。捕虫器包括两种类型的地面捕虫器，以及用于美国农业部卡帕拉甲虫检测计划的墙壁捕虫器。诱饵包括针对特定食物拉康的信息素的Insects Limited™ Dermestid药片，以及同一公司的PantryPatrol凝胶，它使用小麦拉康和多物种信息素，包括 Dermestid。我们还使用了Trécé Storgard™ 拉康油和简单的小麦胚芽，这些都是多物种拉康，不含信息素。

本数据集包含以下资源：
资源标题：2018年和2019年野外捕捉数据
文件名：kb_greek_data_ag_data_commons.csv
资源描述：
2.1 储存设施：本研究中使用的储存设施位于希腊中部。这些设施的选择基于其规模、从塞萨洛尼基大学（UTH）人员可及性以及已知的历史储藏害虫物种和其他节肢动物的存在。采样在三种类型的储存设施中进行，分别称为设施1、设施2和设施3。设施1和2是面条工厂，有大量的软质和硬质小麦、面粉和麸皮，但也有一些大麦和玉米，而设施3是一家面粉厂，主要专注于软质小麦的加工。每个设施上的捕虫器部署时间为：设施1为2018年6月18日，设施2为2018年7月4日，设施3为2018年7月3日。
2.2 捕虫器、诱饵和检查：我们实验中使用的捕虫器类型包括圆顶捕虫器（Trécé Inc.，美国）、墙壁捕虫器（Trécé Inc.，美国）和箱式捕虫器（Insects Limited, Ltd.，美国）。这些捕虫器根据以往研究（Toews et al., 2009; Athanassiou and Arthur, 2018; Gerken and Campbell, 2021）被证明在监测目的上有效。实验中使用了四种诱饵（也称为诱饵），每种0.13克：1) PantryPatrol凝胶（凝胶，Insects Limited, Inc.，美国），2) Storgard™ 拉康食品诱饵油（油，Trece Inc.），3) 小麦胚芽（WG，Honeyville，美国），4) Dermestid药片诱饵（诱饵，Insects Limited Inc.，美国）。此外，还使用了一系列未使用任何诱饵的额外捕虫器，作为“对照”（例如，ctrl）。在设施1中，不同的捕虫器和诱饵组合重复了两次。在设施2和3中，由于空间更大，组合重复了三次。对于每个设施，捕虫器大约每15天检查一次，但在某些期间由于无法进入捕捉区域（例如，某些区域的熏蒸等）而无法进行检查。检查后，捕虫器按顺时针方向旋转。诱饵每15天更换一次，而捕虫器在需要时更换（损坏或丢失的捕虫器）。所有捕获的昆虫都被转移到塞萨洛尼基大学农业系、作物保护与农村环境部门昆虫学及农业动物学实验室（LEAZ）。
2.3 鉴定：对捕获个体的形态学鉴定进行了到物种水平或最低分类单元，只要可能，使用分类学关键进行，但通常许多标本被归类为类群。发现的昆虫使用不同的分类学关键（Bousquet, 1990; Peacock, 1993; USDA 1991）进行物种分类。
数据字典：rfb = 红面粉甲虫 cfb = 混乱面粉甲虫 hfb = 毛菌甲虫 lgb = 小麦害虫 stgb = 锯齿状小麦害虫 cb = 香烟甲虫 rw = 米象 gw = 谷象 imm = 印度面包虫 rgb = 生锈小麦害虫 trogoderma = Dermestid属