ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE RED PALM WEEVIL RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS 0 L I V., (COLEOPTERA CURCULIONIDAE) IN EGYPT.

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

Results indicated that. Rhynchophorus ferruginous had two main activity season annually in Egypt. The first adult brood was during April and the second one was during November. It was found that there was no relationship between seasonal population fluctuation and weather fac­tors. Adult female attracted to the traps after laying eggs. Ethyl acetate was effective more 2.5 times for weevils attraction than food at the traps. Females density were more than males and constitutes 52.8 —57.8 % of total population in the field.