Insect capture data from multiple trap types used to monitor seedcorn maggot (Delia platura) in early-season fields
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Abstract
We evaluated six trap types for their ability to capture seedcorn maggot adults, as well as non-target insects, at ten field-edge sites in Freeville, NY. We collected trap data from two traps on three differnet dates, and all trap types on a single date. Traps were baited with 100 g of alfalfa silage and deployed for two weeks . We identifed each insect captured to the lowest possible taxonic level with a focus on diptera, hymenoptera and coleoptera.
Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.p8cz8wb5q
Description of the data and file structure
Insect capture data from six traps types designed to capture flies. Traps used include:
- Blue Vane trap (Banfield Bio, Seattle, WA)
- green mesh traps (widely available)
- Fatal Funnel (Fatal Funnel, Logan, UT)
- Redtop (PestTrappa, Chesterfield, DBY)
- Rescue (Rescue!, Spokane, WA)
- Blue sticky card trap (widely available).
Traps were placed at ten independent sites at Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Station in Freeville, NY (42.517496012, -76.335192926). Traps were placed along the edges of agricultural fields and were baited with 100 g of silage alfalfa (Pine Hollow Dairy LLC, Locke, NY) and left to catch insects for two weeks. We then collected each trap and recorded the number of seedcorn maggot adults captured. We also identified by-catch down to the lowest taxonomic rank possible (species level whenever possible), and the abundance of each species.
Files and variables
File: Ugine_et_al..csv
Description:
Variables
- ID: Each row represents data from a single, date, location (Field ID), trap type (Trap), Order etc.
- Date: This column show the date that traps were collected after two-week deployments
- Field ID: A generic naming scheme to indicate data from the trap type and location
- Trap: Indicates the type of trap from which the taxonomic data was collected
- Order: Taxonomic rank
- Sub-Order: Taxonomic rank
- Super-Family: Taxonomic rank
- Family: Taxonomic rank
- Sub-Family: Taxonomic rank
- Tribe: Taxonomic rank
- Genus: Taxonomic rank
- Species: Taxonomic rank
- Comment: Generic sample-specific notes about identifications
- Count: The number of individuals of each type of animal collected per date, Field ID, Trap, and Taxonomic rank
Notes
- Note: blanks in fields within columns indicate missing data
- This ReadMe is associated with: “Choosing Cost-Effective Traps to Monitor Seedcorn Maggot in Early-Season Crop”
- Authors: Todd Ugine, Lilly Victoria Elliott-Vidaurri, Arturo Santos, & Katja Poveda
Code/software
Any spreadsheet software
We selected six traps to use in our monitoring study to get an understanding of what commercially available traps captured the most seedcorn maggot adults: 1) Blue Vane trap (Banfield Bio, Seattle, WA), 2) green mesh traps (widely available), 3) Fatal Funnel (Fatal Funnel, Logan, UT), 4) Redtop (PestTrappa, Chesterfield, DBY), 5) Rescue (Rescue!, Spokane, WA), and 6) Blue sticky card trap (widely available; See Figure 1 in associated manuscript).
Traps were placed at ten independent sites at Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Station in Freeville, NY (42.517496012, -76.335192926). Traps were placed along the edges of agricultural fields during the third week of May 2025, baited with 100 g of silage alfalfa (Pine Hollow Dairy LLC, Locke, NY) and left to catch insects for two weeks. We then collected each trap and recorded the number of seedcorn maggot adults captured. Because there was significant by-catch in some units, we also recorded the number of beetles, non-seedcorn maggot flies, and bees/wasps and ants that were captured. The by-catch was identified down to the lowest taxonomic level we were able to achieve (species level whenever possible).