The efficiency of artificial wingbeat sounds for capturing midges in black light traps

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-238

  Hirabayashi, Kimio ^a   Ogawa, Ken Ichi ^b  

^a Japan   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Chironomus plumosus; Diptera; Sound light trap; Sounds of wingbeat; Swarm

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; PEST CONTROL; TRAPPING;

HONSHU; JAPAN; LAKE SUWA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA;

EID: 0032739180     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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