A bait trap for sampling the feeding populations of blood-sucking Diptera on cattle

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1978
Authors:J. A. Shemanchuk
Journal:Quaestiones Entomologicae
Volume:14
Pagination:433-439
Date Published:1978
Keywords:Alberta, Canada, Cattle, Tabanidae, Techniques, Trapping
Abstract:

The construction and use are described of a trap baited with cattle that was developed in Alberta for sampling the feeding populations of blood-sucking Diptera in the field. Data are presented on collections of 4 species of Simulium, 5 of Aedes, 1 of Culiseta, 2 of Culicoides, 4 of Chrysops, 1 of Haematopota and 6 of Hybomitra that were among the simuliids, mosquitoes, ceratopogonids and tabanids taken with the trap in a survey in Alberta in June-August 1975. Distinctions are made between the species and numbers of adults that were blood-fed and those that were not.

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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith