author(s)
Kavita Bajaj and Sandeep Singh

abstract
Different shaped methyl eugenol based traps were evaluated against Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) and peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) in guava orchard from 30^th SMW to 38^th SMW during 2014-15. The results revealed that triangular traps (111.17 males/trap/week) had captured significantly more population followed by PAU fruit fly traps (67.39 males) followed by cylindrical traps (65.44 males) followed by spherical traps (50.28 males). The mean percentage of fruit fly damage was also lowest in triangular traps i.e. 14.47 Percent as compared to PAU fruit fly traps (16.33%), cylindrical traps (18.14%) and spherical traps (18.14%). However, cost: benefit ratio was quite low in triangular traps (1:28.20) as compared to cylindrical traps (1:68.10), spherical traps (1:82.95) and PAU fruit fly traps (1.92.00).