
%0 Journal Article
%A Osborne, GO 
%A Penman, DR 
%A Chapman, RB 
%T Attraction of <I>Aphodius tasmaniae</I> Hope to skatole
%J Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
%D 1975/10/01
%V 26
%N 5
%P 839-841
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9750839
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AR9750839 
%X Skatole (3-methylindole) has been shown to be a chemical attractant for the Tasmanian grass grub beetle Aphodius tasmaniae. There is a similarity in responses by this insect to skatole and to light. This suggests that unfed gravid females will respond positively to both light and dung. 
