Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association (2011) 27, 333-335

Peter J. Obenauer, Jeffery T. Villinski, Alia Zayed, Noha Watany and Shabaan S. El-Hossary (2011)
Sticky bottle traps: A simple and effective method for collecting adult phlebotomine sand flies from rodent burrows in a Leishmania-endemic region of Egypt
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 27 (3), 333-335
Abstract: We describe a simple, economic, and effective method for constructing sticky bottle traps that can be used to capture adult sand flies from rodent burrows. Although sand fly surveillance activities often employ light- or CO₂-baited traps, sticky papers secured to a post or placed on the ground can also be used. However, in arid environments, sand and other debris often collect on the sticky surface, reducing trap effectiveness, capacity, and a means for rapid discrimination and enumeration of adult specimens. Herein, a procedure for constructing sticky bottle traps is provided, as well as preliminary results from a recent sand fly field survey utilizing this device.
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Database assignments for author(s): Peter J. Obenauer

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.
	Phlebotomus papatasi		Egypt