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Tests of durable Nzi traps for horseflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in the United States of America, the Sudan, and the Philippines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2022

Steve Mihok Open the ORCID record for Steve Mihok [Opens in a new window] ,
Gabrielle Sakolsky-Hoopes ,
Bart Morris ,
Alan Dargantes  and
Mohamed M. Mohamed-Ahmed
Steve Mihok*
Affiliation:
Independent scientist, Russell, Ontario, Canada
Gabrielle Sakolsky-Hoopes
Affiliation:
Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, United States of America
Bart Morris
Affiliation:
Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, United States of America
Alan Dargantes
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Central Mindanao University, University Town, Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon, Philippines
Mohamed M. Mohamed-Ahmed
Affiliation:
Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
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*Corresponding author. Email: smihok@bell.net
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Abstract

Durable materials for Nzi traps were tested in three applied settings based on promising formats that were tested first in Canada. Experiments were conducted at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States of America at the site of a major tabanid control programme and at two challenging tropical locations (Sudan and Philippines) where mechanical transmission of trypanosomiasis occurs. At Cape Cod, royal blue–painted plywood Nzi traps caught up to 19 times as many tabanids as greenhead box traps used locally did. Fabric Nzi traps caught up to six times more horseflies, Tabanus spp. (Diptera: Tabanidae), than a box trap did and twice as many horseflies than a popular commercial trap, the Horse Pal® did. A home-dyed phthalogen turquoise cotton trap also performed well. In the Philippines, it caught 2.5 times as many Tabanus as a standard phthalogen blue cotton trap did. Durable phthalogen blue Sunbrella acrylic and Top Notch polyester traps with various types of netting performed well at all locations.

French abstract

French Abstract

Des matériaux durables pour les pièges Nzi ont été testés dans trois contextes appliqués basés sur des formats prometteurs qui ont d’abord été testés au Canada. Des expériences ont été menées à Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis sur le site d’un important programme de lutte contre les tabanidés (Diptera: Tabanidae), et dans deux endroits tropicaux difficiles (Soudan, Philippines) où la transmission mécanique de la trypanosomose se produit. À Cape Cod, les pièges Nzi en contreplaqué peint en bleu royal ont capturé jusqu'à 19 fois plus de tabanidés que les pièges à boîte pour mouches à tête verte utilisés localement. Les pièges en tissu Nzi ont capturé jusqu'à six fois plus de taons qu’un piège à taons et deux fois plus de taons qu’un piège commercial populaire, le Horse Pal®. Un piège en coton turquoise phtalogène teint à la maison a également bien fonctionné. Aux Philippines, il a capturé 2,5 fois plus de Tabanus qu’un piège standard en coton bleu phtalogène. Les pièges durables en acrylique Sunbrella bleu phtalogène et en polyester Top Notch avec divers types de filets ont bien fonctionné à tous les endroits.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 154 , Issue 1 , 2022 , e34
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