Volatile Profiles and Trap Catches for Fresh and Aged Noctuid Moth Baits

Field trapping experiments and gas chromatography analyses from a 2026 study on semi-synthetic bisexual lures (SBL) for moths. The dataset compares fresh and four-week-old baits with synthetic lures and controls during summer and autumn flight periods. It was authored by Magdolna O. Szelényi and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between volatile compound shifts and bait attractiveness based on GC-MS data.
• Analyzing community-level catch composition changes between fresh and aged lures mentioned in the description.
• Comparing antennal sensitivity patterns across noctuid species based on GC-EAD recordings.
• Optimizing bait replacement schedules to balance target catch efficiency and non-target by-catch reduction.

Strengths

• Includes parallel field trapping and laboratory GC-MS/GC-EAD analyses, providing a multi-method perspective.
• Compares four distinct lure types: fresh SBL, aged SBL, synthetic lure, and unbaited controls.
• Explicitly measures temporal changes over a four-week ageing period.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (926.2 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Magdolna O. Szelényi

Collection Method

Field trapping experiments and gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis.

Time Range

Summer and autumn flight periods (specific years not stated).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 06:43:53; freshness should be verified.