Improved Trapping of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Light Traps Supplemented with Dry Ice in a Neotropical Rain Forest

Abstract

The use of dry ice to improve trapping of phlebotomine sand flies in light traps was tested in a mature Neotropical rain forest in Panama. Light traps with controlled flow of CO2 were significantly more productive than traps without CO2. When dry ice was exposed above the traps, there were no significant differences from the control traps.