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A comparison of various traps for Glossina spp. (Glossinidae) and other Diptera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

S. Flint
S. Flint
Affiliation:
Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control Branch, Department of Veterinary Services, P.O. Box 8283, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
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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 0·5 or 5·0 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.

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Original Articles
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , September 1985 , pp. 529 - 534
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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