Entomologists play matchmakers for cerambycid beetles

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Trap used to catch beetles. Image: Millar lab UC Riverside
Trap used to catch beetles. Image: Millar lab, UC Riverside
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cerambycid beetles, also known as long-horned beetles, can cause severe damage to standing trees, logs and lumber. How then might they be promptly detected and their numbers swiftly controlled? Two entomologists have devised a solution based on how male and female cerambycid beetles communicate with, and attract, each other.


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