Efficient Protein-based Bait Formulation for Attraction and Feeding Response of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Myanmar

Protein baitsprays were produced from many different sources for the controlling fruit flies in the integrated pest management program around the world. Here, fruit fly baits were formulated based on cost-effective bait mixtures such as local jaggery, brewers spent grain (BSG), apple cider vinegar, wheat bran powder and local red wine with the fresh enzyme from papaya and pineapple. Fruit fly Baits were prepared by mixing the small amount of local detergent as insecticide. Our results indicated that the best efficient fruit fly bait for area wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) is the BSG-based bait whereas the second efficient bait is local red wine-based bait. The highest fruit fly per trap per day (FTD) value by BSG-based bait traps was discovered. The highest female captured percentage is BSG-based bait with papaya solution. The field analysis of one week and one month old protein-based bait showed that FTD values decreased slightly while only one month old wheat bran-based bait dropped to the base. The BSG-based baits analysis is effective not only female fruit flies but also cockroaches male in Myanmar’s tropical region. Thus our results reveal that the efficient protein-based bait is the fresh BSG-based bait with papaya solution.