Shaaya, E., Divison of Stored Products, Institute of Food Technology, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel

Virgin males of Dermestes maculatus were attracted to males of the same species by a pheromone which could be extracted with hexane from both males and females. Females were unresponsive to their own sex and showed only a slight response to males. Faeces extracts of both sexes attract males but not females. © 1981.