| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1987 |
| Authors: | P. E. McElligott, McIver S. B. |
| Journal: | Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Pagination: | 655-656 |
| Date Published: | 1987 |
| Keywords: | Behaviour, Canada, Hybomitra epistates, Hybomitra lasiophthalma, Hybomitra nitidifrons, Odours, Ontario, Tabanidae |
| Abstract: | The attractiveness of carbon dioxide to Hybomitra species was tested in the field in Ontario between May and August 1986. Twenty visually unattractive ramp traps were placed 3-19 m away from a central source of carbon dioxide, released at a rate of 1000 ml/min (i.e. comparable to that released by cattle). Females of H. epistates, H. nuda and H. lasiophthalma were caught in large numbers (165). Numbers caught at 3 m were greater than at any other distance (147). Only 3 females were caught at 19 m, and only 2 females when no carbon dioxide was released. The results are discussed with regard to the host seeking behaviour of Tabanidae. |
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