Black Border Increases Stomoxys calcitrans Catch on White Sticky Traps

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dc.contributor.authorMurchie, Archie K.
dc.contributor.authorHall, Carol E.
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Alan Wesley
dc.contributor.authorClawson, Sam
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-23T10:37:28Z
dc.date.available2021-06-23T10:37:28Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-02
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 1 February 2018; Published online: 2 February 2018en_US
dc.description.abstractStable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, is a biting fly that can cause severe irritation to livestock resulting in reduced productivity. The most common method of monitoring S. calcitrans is through the use of sticky traps and many designs have been developed using different colours and materials such as alsynite fibreglass and polypropylene sheeting. Laboratory experiments and some field experimentation have demonstrated that colour contrast can attract S. calcitrans. However, this response has not been fully utilised in trap design. To test that simple colour contrast could increase trap efficacy, white sticky traps were mounted on three differently coloured backgrounds (white, yellow, and black) and positioned at five sites on a mixed livestock farm. White sticky traps on a black background caught significantly more S. calcitrans than the yellow or white backgrounds. An incidental result was that Pollenia sp. were caught in greater numbers on the yellow framed traps. The reasons for S. calcitrans attraction to black–white contrast are most likely due to conspicuousness in the environment although the extent to which flies are using this feature as a host-location cue or a perching site are unknown.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project was funded by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) through the Evidence and Innovation Strategy (Project 16/3/07-48109).en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/294
dc.identifier.citationMurchie, A., Hall, C., Gordon, A. and Clawson, S. (2018) ‘Black Border Increases Stomoxys calcitrans Catch on White Sticky Traps’, Insects. MDPI AG. doi:10.3390/insects9010013en_US
dc.identifier.issn2075-4450
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/insects9010013
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_US
dc.subjectstable flyen_US
dc.subjecttrapen_US
dc.subjectcontrasten_US
dc.subjectfarmyarden_US
dc.subjectPolleniaen_US
dc.subjectlivestocken_US
dc.titleBlack Border Increases Stomoxys calcitrans Catch on White Sticky Trapsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-02-01
dcterms.dateSubmitted2017-12-16

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