A comparison of various traps for Glossina spp. (Glossinidae) and other Diptera
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Bulletin of Entomological Research
- Vol. 75 (3), 529-534
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007485300014620
Abstract
Several new traps were designed and tested against Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood and G. pallidipes Austen in Zimbabwe. The best of the new traps, the F2, was three times as effective as a beta trap and ten times as effective as a biconical trap for G. pallidipes. A white biconical trap was only half as effective as an F2 trap for females of G. m. morsitans. The catch of males of G. m. morsitans was similar in all traps. The F2 trap was up to ten times as effective as a beta trap for Stomoxyinae. Catches doubled when acetone was released at 00 g/h near the traps. Catches from traps made of white cloth declined by 90% as the cloth yellowed with exposure but were restored when the cloth was painted white.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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