Comparison of methods to monitor populations of Alphitobius diaperinus (PANZER, 1797) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in poultry farm, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

Abstract

Alphitobius diaperinus (PANZER, 1797) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) it colonizes the substratum found at farms, growing up in high populations, causing sanitary problems with economical reflexes. In this work the comparative evaluation of monitoring methods was accomplished of A. diaperinus. The evaluations were made in a period of twelve months, in broiler barn of the Conjunto Agrotécnico Visconde da Graça, in Pelotas - RS, Brazil, using traps of the type "tube" or of Arends and type "sandwich". The type sandwich trap was shown more efficient in the capture of larvae and adults of A. diaperinus.