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

作　　者：Drew P. Pulsifer Akhlesh Lakhtakia Mahesh S. Narkhede Michael J. Domingue Beverly G. Post Jayant Kumar Raul J. Martln-Palma Thomas C. Baker 

机构地区：[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

出　　处：《Journal of Bionic Engineering》2013年第2期129-138,共10页仿生工程学报（英文版）

摘　　要：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 industrially scalable. Preliminary results from a field trapping test are indicative of success.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 industrially scalable. Preliminary results from a field trapping test are indicative of success.

关 键 词：bioreplication conformal-evaporated-film-by-rotation method ELECTROFORMING negative die positive die stampingCopyright ~ 2013 Jilin University. Published by Science Press and Elsevier Limited. All rights reserved. 

分 类 号：TP242.62[自动化与计算机技术—检测技术与自动化装置] S763.303[自动化与计算机技术—控制科学与工程]