Sample size and distributions of Japanese beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) captured in lure traps

Sampling statistics were determined for Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman, caught in traps baited with a 3:7:3 mixture of phenethy, Propionate/eugenol/geraniol or with (R,Z)-5(1-decenyl)dihydro-2(3H)-furanone (Japonilure), or with a combination of both lures. Iwao's patchiness regression and a quadratic model were inappropriate for modeling the mean-variance relationships. Taylor's power law was used to model these data, and relationships were developed for beetle numbers captured by traps baited with phenethyl propionate-eugenol-geraniol alone or in combination with Japonilure and for males and females captured by traps baited with Japonilure alone. Relationships to determine sample sizes for fixed levels of precision were also developed. The ln(X+1) transformation did not standardize the mean-variance relationship for any data set, but the Healy and Taylor transformation was effective on all data sets