| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1992 |
| Authors: | L. J. Hribar, Leprince, D. J., Foil, L. D. |
| Journal: | Journal of Medical Entomology |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Pagination: | 346-348 |
| Date Published: | 1992 |
| Keywords: | Ammonia, Hybomitra lasiophthalma, Louisiana, Odours, Tabanidae, USA |
| Abstract: | Ammonia and carbon dioxide were evaluated as attractants in canopy traps for Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Macquart). Ammonia-baited traps collected 2.5 times as many flies as did unbaited traps (33.27 versus 12.93 per trap per day). Over 45 times as many flies were captured in carbon dioxide-baited traps as in unbaited traps (1,630.64 versus 35.82 per trap per day). Both ammonia and carbon dioxide are effective attractants for H. lasiophthalma. |
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