Influence of trap colour, type, deployment height, and a host volatile on monitoring Orchestes fagi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Nova Scotia, Canada

Orchestes fagi (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a pest of beech trees ( Fagus sylvatica Linnaeus; Fagaceae) in Europe that has recently become established and invasive on American beech ( Fagus grandifolia Ehrhart) in Nova Scotia, Canada. We tested the effects of trap type, trap colour, trap height, and lure on the numbers of O. fagi captured per trap with the objective of developing a survey tool to monitor the weevil’s spread. We...