Key Features

• Maximum sensitivity in thrips monitoring.

• Pheromone lure for Western Flower thrips causes thrips to move to the top of the crop resulting in earlier detection and estimation of population size

• Fits well into a thrips ICM program with other biological control agents and/or chemical spray treatments.

How It Works

• Thripline contains a synthetic version of a sexual aggression pheromone produced naturally by male occidentalis. It attracts both male and female thrips into mating aggregations. It will not attract thrips from outside of the general crop area.

• The pheromone is encapsulated in rubber lures (septa) and is released gradually over several weeks.

Instructions for use

• Open a pack of sticky traps and the Thripline foil sachets of 10 lures (septa) in the crop.

• Hang traps 12-20 inches (30-50cm) above the top of the crop. Strip papers from both sides of each trap and apply a lure directly to sticky surface on lower part of the trap.

• The pheromone is in open ‘cup’ of the lure.

• Place lure horizontally. Thripline pheromone releases can be reduced if this ‘cup’ fills with water, which can happen in crops with overhead irrigation.

• For monitoring purposes, use one lure for every 1,000 ft2 (40 traps/acre) with a sticky trap.

• May enhance contact chemical control by luring thrips to surface. Hang 1 lure/1,000ft2 near greenhouse circulation fans for one hour before treatment. Remove lures after treatment for future use.

• Replace lures and traps every 3-4 weeks or more frequently if they become covered with thrips.

Storage and transport

• Lures (in sealed packages) can be kept in a refrigerator at about 39°F/4ºC for several weeks or months.

• They may be kept for up to two years at -0.4°F/-18º

• Once foil packets are open, use product immediately.