Seasonal Occurrence Of Methyl Eugenol and Cuelure Attracted Fruit Flies

A total of five species of FFs. viz., Bactrocera affinis, B. correcta, B. diversa, B. dorsalis and B. zonata in methyl eugenol baited traps and four FFs viz., B. coudata, B. cucurbitae, B. nigrofemoralis and B. yercaudiae in Cuelure (CL) baited traps were recorded. B. zonata with 92.2% and B. cucurbitae with 97.2% were predominant in respective lures. Among ME responsive FFs B.dorsalis, B.correcta and B.diversa during summer season and among CL responsive FFs B. yercaudiae and B. nigrofemoralis, respectively during rabi and summer seasons were not observed.