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    Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory

    Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory

    Removal Trapping & Biting Arthropod Control

    Removal trapping of Culicoides sandflies. A carbon dioxide/octenol-based trapping system designed to attract and kill sandflies is being field-tested in the FMEL salt marsh to evaluate its potential for localized Culicoides control.

    map of trap sites

    Schematic of the study site indicating the location of the eight test traps and the three control traps.

    Contact: J. Day

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