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Disruption of southern pine beetle infestations with frontalure.

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Frontalure contained emerging broods of southern pine beetle within active infestations when used as a bait on all host and non-host trees within the infestation.
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Frontalure contained emerging broods of southern pine beetle within active infestations when used as a bait on all host and non-host trees within the infestations. The attractant was successful in redistributing populations of the southern pine beetle and the predator, Thanasimus dubius (F.), within the infestations. The attractant also prevented new trees from being mass attacked and contained adult beetles within the infestation.

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