PHEROMONES AGAINST CARROT WORM
Treatment against the fly responsible for the carrot worm. The flies appear in May. They generally have two activity cycles from May to July and sometimes a third in the fall in certain regions. They mate and then lay eggs in the soil near the plants they like. The larva, responsible for the damage, will be born after 10 to 12 days. From the soil, it moves towards the carrot and enters the root where it will feed by digging galleries. The principle of the treatment is to use the specific pheromone of the female to attract the male and trap it in order to prevent mating and the laying of eggs which will give rise to future worms. Dosage / surface: 1 to 2 trap(s) + pheromone(s) per m2 of carrots. The pheromone sachets should be kept cold (refrigerator or freezer). This product contains 2 pheromone capsules. Sold without the trap. These pheromones are used with the small house trap ref 1206C Shipping to mainland France only. How do pheromones work? Pheromones are volatile substances secreted by living beings (animals, insects, certain plants, etc.). In insects, the pheromone is generally emitted by the female to play a sexual attraction on the male who can detect it several kilometers away. Each insect pest corresponds to a specific pheromone. The principle of the treatment is to attract the male insect by imitating the pheromone of its female to trap it and thus avoid mating and reproduction. 1. the capsule imitating the female pheromone is placed in a trap to attract the male 2. the male detects the pheromone, he believes he is joining the female 3. the male enters the trap, he is captured, production is stopped. How to set up pheromones? The pheromone capsule is packaged in a sealed bag. It is used as soon as the bag is opened. It must be placed in the small capsule holder basket of the pheromone trap. The trap + pheromone set must be placed near the vegetables to be protected. Treatment period: from April to September.
