The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, is a devastating agricultural pest that threatens to become established in vulnerable areas such as California and Florida. Considerable controversy surrounds the status of Californian medfly infestations: Do they represent repeated introductions or the persistence of a resident population? Attempts to resolve this question using traditional popu...

El objetivo de este estudio fue comparar la eficacia trampas Jackson (TJ) convencionales vs. TJ modificadas con una cámara fotográfica (TJCF) en captura e identificación machos Ceratitis capitata huertos frutales pleno desierto Atacama (Pica, Región Tarapacá). Ambas fueron cebadas Trimedlure. Entre octubre y diciembre 2018, se liberaron periódicamente estériles C. capitata, contrastaron las mag...

The use of more than one species to manage a single insect pest is common practice among biological control programs. However, the beneficial effects natural enemies are not always additive, which in many cases may be attributed interspecific interactions such as intraguild predation (IGP). Herein, we investigated potential IGP between two relevant Medfly (Ceratitis capitata), predator Pseudoop...

Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann 1824) (Diptera: Tephritidae) é um inseto polífago responsável por severos danos a fruticultura mundial. Estratégias de controle requerem estudos laboratoriais em que são demandadas grandes quantidades indivíduos dessa praga, necessitando portanto, da implantação criações massais. O sucesso dessas dependente do uso dietas artificiais, representam dos principais cust...