Reports Sex Attractant of the Grass Grub Beetle R. F. Henzell1, M. D. Lowe1 1Ruakura Soil Research Centre, Private Bag, Hamilton, New Zealand See allHide authors and affiliations Science 22 May 1970:Vol. 168, Issue 3934, pp. 1005-1006DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3934.1005 R. F. Henzell 1Ruakura Soil Research Centre, Private Bag, Hamilton, New ZealandFind this author on Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for this author on this site M. D. Lowe 1Ruakura Soil Research Centre, Private Bag, Hamilton, New ZealandFind this author on Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for this author on this site Article Info & Metrics eLetters PDF Abstract The sex attractant produced by adult females of the grass grub beetle Costelytra zealandica (White) has been isolated and identified as phenol. Field tests with phenol-water mixtures were attractive to male beetles in particular.