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COMPARISON OF SILHOUETTE, STICKY, AND SUCTION TRAPS WITH AND WITHOUT DRY-ICE BAIT FOR SAMPLING BLACK FLIES (DIPTERA: SIMULIIDAE) IN CENTRAL ALBERTA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. L. Shipp
J. L. Shipp
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1
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Abstract

In 1982 and 1983, silhouette traps, sticky traps, and suction traps with and without dry-ice bait were evaluated for sampling populations of black flies that are pests of cattle in central Alberta. The dry-ice-baited silhouette trap was the most effective. The black-fly species collected were Simulium arcticum, S. aureum, S. decorum, S. meridionale, S. tuberosum, S. venustum, S. verecundum, S. vernum, and S. vittatum. Approximately 80% of the black flies collected each year were S. arcticum, the primary pest species of cattle in Alberta.

Résumé

En 1982 et 1983 des pièges silhouettes, des pièges collants et des pièges à succion ont été évalués avec ou sans appât de glace sèche pour l'échantillonnage de populations de mouches noires nuisibles au bétail dans le centre de l'Alberta. Le piège à silhouette appâté à la glace sèche s'est avéré le plus efficace. Les espèces capturées étaient Simulium arcticum, S. aureum, S. decorum, S. meridionale, S. tuberosum, S. venustum, S. verecundum, S. vernum et S. vittatum. Environ 80% des mouches noires capturées chaque année étaient des S. arcticum, l'espèce la plus nuisible au bétail en Alberta.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 117 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 113 - 117
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1985

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