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Studies of the sampling of Glossina pallidipes Aust.—II. The daily pattern of flies caught on cattle, in Morris traps and on A fly-round

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

I. M. Smith  and
B. D. Rennison
I. M. Smith
Affiliation:
East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization, Tororo, Uganda.
B. D. Rennison
Affiliation:
East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization, Tororo, Uganda.
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A series of catches of G. pallidipes Aust. was made in 1½-hr. periods between 0800 and 1830 hr. each day during two experiments carried out in the early wet season (1957) and the late dry season (1958), at Lugala, Uganda, using tethered, small, shorthorned East African Zebu oxen, Morris traps and the standard flyround technique.

Flies were attracted to the oxen in greater numbers in the morning and evening than at midday, the evening increase being marked in the wet season. The daily catches of both sexes on oxen, though starting at much the same level in both seasons, fell to lower levels at the hotter times of day during the dry season and rose only slightly in the evening. Traps, on the other hand, in both seasons caught most females between 1230 and 1400 hr. and least in the mornings. Male flies were trapped in greatest numbers between 1400 and 1530 hr. in the wet season, but only in comparatively small numbers at any time in the dry season, though there was a suggestion of maximum availability between 1100 and 1230 hr. during the latter. During the dry season, catches on the fly-round and on oxen showed a similar periodicity in the case of females, but not in that of males, fly-round catches of which declined from a peak at 0930–1100 hr.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , April 1961 , pp. 183 - 189
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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