Abstract
INSECTS live in a world of tastes and odours. To understand their reactions to the varied chemical factors in their environment would be a long step towards comprehending their ecology and would provide a firm basis on which to build certain methods of control. It is around these theoretical and practical considerations that Prof. Dethier has written his book on the action of chemical attractants and repellents in the life of insects. Unfortunately, exact knowledge in this field is very limited, and the contributions of the applied entomologist are copious but wholly empirical. None the less, this book should serve a useful purpose in bringing together in one volume what is known of the role of chemical attractants in the feeding, sexual and egg-laying behaviour of insects.
Chemical Insect Attractants and Repellents
By Prof. Vincent G. Dethier. Pp. xv + 289. (London: H. K. Lewis and Co., Ltd., 1947.) 25s. net.
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J. Hyg., 45, 176 (1947).
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WIGGLESWORTH, V. Chemical Insect Attractants and Repellents. Nature 162, 550 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162550a0
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