Bulletin of Entomological Research (1991) 81, 51-55

M.T.P. Holloway and R.J. Phelps (1991)
The responses of Stomoxys spp. (Diptera: Muscidae) to traps and artificial host odours in the field
Bulletin of Entomological Research 81 (1), 51-55
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 1-octen-3-ol (released at 0.6 mg/h) increased catches of Stomoxys spp. in an F3 trap (P < 0.05), but 4-rnethylphenol (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 topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Stomoxys (genus)		Zimbabwe