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.
![]() 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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