Blattellaquinone, also known as gentisyl quinone isovalerate, is a
sex pheromone
Sex pheromones are pheromones released by an organism to attract an individual of the same species, encourage them to mate with them, or perform some other function closely related with sexual reproduction.
Sex pheromones specifically focus on ind ...
of the
German cockroach
The German cockroach (''Blattella germanica''), colloquially known as the croton bug, is a species of small cockroach, typically about long. In color it varies from tan to almost black, and it has two dark, roughly parallel, streaks on the prono ...
(''Blattella germanica''). Blattellaquinone is secreted by females to attract male cockroaches.
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Trapping roaches with biochemistry
Insect pheromones
Cockroaches
1,4-Benzoquinones
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