Horse-baited insect trap and mobile insect sorting table used in a disease vector identification study.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1988

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

4

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

431-435

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Fletcher MG.Turner EC.Hansen JW.Perry BD.

 

Abstract

A horse-baited trap and a mobile insect sorting table were used to conduct an arthropod survey for potential vectors of Potomac Horse Fever in southern Maryland and northern Virginia. The trap and table worked effectively for the live collection and sorting of haemophagous Diptera such as: Simulium spp., Stomoxys calcitrans, Musca autumnalis, Tabanus spp. and Chrysops spp. during the diurnal collections periods, and Culicoides spp. during the crepuscular periods. The trap was not as convenient for live collection of mosquito species during the nocturnal period. Modifications to the trap design was suggested for mosquito live trapping.

Notes

Author(s) - Fletcher MG.Turner EC.Hansen JW.Perry BD.