| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1989 |
| Authors: | F. E. French, Kline D. L. |
| Journal: | Journal of Medical Entomology |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Pagination: | 459-461 |
| Date Published: | 1989 |
| Keywords: | Canopy Trap, Chlorotabanus crepuscularis, Chrysops callidus, Chrysops flavidus, Chrysops montanus, Chrysops pikei, Chrysops reicherti, Georgia, Leucotabanus annulatus, Octenol, Odours, Tabanidae, Tabanus aar, Tabanus fuscicostatus, Tabanus gladiator, Tabanus lineola, Tabanus longiusculus, Tabanus melanocerus, Tabanus molestus, Tabanus nigripes, Tabanus petiolatus, Tabanus zythicolor, Trapping, USA |
| Abstract: | In Georgia, USA, the effectiveness of the canopy trap for female Tabanidae was increased significantly when 1-octen-3-ol was used as an attractant. There was a 3-fold increase in the number of tabanids captured by traps with octenol (12.8±2.1 females/trap) vs. unbaited traps (3.7±1.2 females/trap), and with dry ice plus octenol (72.1±9.7 females/trap) vs. traps with dry ice alone (24.7±2.6 females/trap). There was also a significant increase in number of species in collections from traps with dry ice plus octenol (9.8±0.9 species/trap) vs. traps with dry ice alone (6.2±0.9 species/trap). Tabanus molestus constituted 69.8% and T. melanocerus 8.0% of the 1038 tabanids collected. |
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