J4 ›› 2013, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (2): 129-138.doi: 10.1016/S1672-6529(13)60207-3

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Drew P. Pulsifer, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Mahesh S. Narkhede, Michael J. Domingue, Beverly G. Post, Jayant Kumar, Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Thomas C. Baker   

  • 收稿日期:2012-12-05 修回日期:2013-02-05 出版日期:2013-04-06 发布日期:2013-04-10
  • 作者简介:Drew P. Pulsifer, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Mahesh S. Narkhede, Michael J. Domingue, Beverly G. Post, Jayant Kumar, Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Thomas C. Baker

Fabrication of Polymeric Visual Decoys for the Male Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)

Drew P. Pulsifer, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Mahesh S. Narkhede, Michael J. Domingue, Beverly G. Post, Jayant Kumar, Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Thomas C. Baker   

  1. 1. Department of Engineering Science &|Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
    2. Center for Advanced Materials and Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    3. Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
    4. Center for Advanced Materials and Department of Physics &|Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    5. Department of Materials Science &|Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
  • Received:2012-12-05 Revised:2013-02-05 Online:2013-04-06 Published:2013-04-10
  • Contact: Akhlesh Lakhtakia E-mail:akhlesh@psu.edu
  • About author:Drew P. Pulsifer, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Mahesh S. Narkhede, Michael J. Domingue, Beverly G. Post, Jayant Kumar, Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Thomas C. Baker

Abstract:

Through a bioreplication approach, we have fabricated artificial visual decoys for the invasive species Agrilus planipen-nis—commonly known as the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). The mating behavior of this species involves an overflying EAB male pouncing on an EAB female at rest on an ash leaflet before copulating. The male spots the female on the leaflet by visually detecting the iridescent green color of the female’s elytra. As rearing EAB and then deploying dead females as decoys for trapping is both arduous and inconvenient, we decided to fabricate artificial decoys. We used a dead female to make a negative die of nickel and a positive die of epoxy. Decoys were then made by first depositing a quarter-wave-stack Bragg reflector on a polymer sheet and then stamping it with a pair of matched negative and positive dies to take the shape of the upper surface of an EAB female. As nearly 100 artificial decoys were fabricated from just one EAB female, this bioreplication process is industri-ally scalable. Preliminary results from a field trapping test are indicative of success.

Key words: bioreplication, conformal-evaporated-film-by-rotation method, electroforming, negative die, positive die, stamping