Biting flies attacking Holstein cattle in a bluetongue enzootic area in Colorado, 1976.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1977

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

37

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

372-375

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Jones, R. H. and D. H. Akey.

 

Abstract

The biting midge Culicoides variipennis (Coquillett) was the most common biting fly collected attacking cattle in Colorado in 1976; it comprised 62% of the collections and 6 species of mosquitoes totaled 33%. Concurrent New Jersey light trap collections supported the predominance of C. variipennis; it comprised 63% of the female biting flies collected for the species shown to attack cattle in this study.

Notes

Author(s) - Jones, R. H. and D. H. Akey.