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The responses of stomoxys spp. (Diptera: Muscidae) to traps and artificial host odours in the field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

M. T. P. Holloway  and
R. J. Phelps
M. T. P. Holloway*
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Services, Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control Branch, P.O. Box 8283, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
R. J. Phelps
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Services, Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control Branch, P.O. Box 8283, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
*
M. T. P. Holloway, Tsetse Research Laboratory, ODA/University of Bristol, Langford, Bristol, BS18 7DU, UK.
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Abstract

In Zimbabwe, cotton cloth dyed phthalogen blue attracted three times more Stomoxys spp. than Alsynite fibreglass panels. A single F3 trap caught nearly six times as many Stomoxys spp. as four Williams traps. The host odour component l-octen-3-ol (released at 0.6 mg/h) increased catches of Stomoxys spp. in an F3 trap (P < 0.05), but 4-methylphenol (0.7 mg/h) and 3-n-propylphenol (0.15 mg/h) did not (P > 0.05). Insecticide-impregnated targets did not appear to control a population of Stomoxys spp. attacking cattle. However, it is concluded that there is scope for the improvement of trapping and control systems for use against Stomoxys spp.

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 51 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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