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However, the umbellifer Pastinaca sativa L. and the rose Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fernald var. vulgaris (Maxim) were visited by the greatest number of beetle species. I conducted an experiment to explore the relationship between environmental stress of woody host plants and susceptibility to attack by cerambycid beetles, and found that the number of beetles completing development was positively associated with growth rate of the larval host tree. I also studied cross-attraction between beetles of different species and discovered that live male beetles in traps produced an aggregation pheromone that attracted adults of both sexes of a different cerambycid species. Finally, I conducted a field study that showed that the efficiency with which pheromone traps captured cerambycid beetles was greatly improved by treating trap surfaces with the polymer Fluon®. 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