Attraction of colored plasticized corrugated boards to adult stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 420-423

  Cilek, J E ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Biting fly; Control; Management; Traps

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COLOR; FLY; PEST CONTROL; PLASTIC; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; MUSCIDAE; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 1042302288     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0000:AOCPCB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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