| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1977 |
| Authors: | R. H. Roberts |
| Journal: | Mosquito News |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Pagination: | 169-172 |
| Date Published: | 1977 |
| Keywords: | Chrysops flavidus, Mississippi, Tabanidae, Tabanus abdominalis, Tabanus cymatophorus, Tabanus fuscicostatus, Tabanus lineola, Tabanus proximus, Tabanus subsimilis, Tabanus sulcifrons, Techniques, Trapping, USA |
| Abstract: | In comparative studies in Mississippi in 1970-72, a spherical black decoy 9 in. in diameter and a doughnut-shaped black decoy made from 4 stove-pipe elbows 6 in. in diameter were generally equally attractive to tabanids when used as baits in Malaise traps. Of 11, 12 and 18 species collected in 3 series of tests, 6, 5 and 9, respectively, were taken in sufficient numbers for statistical analysis, and these are listed. Three species did not respond to either decoy. The combination of carbon dioxide and a black decoy did not increase the numbers of tabanids collected, as compared with carbon dioxide alone. It is suggested, therefore, that black objects and carbon dioxide attract the same populations. |
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