The effectiveness of the Mosquito Magnet® trap for reducing biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) populations in coastal residential backyards

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 218-221

  Cilek, J E ^a   Hallmon, C F ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culicoides furens; Culicoides melleus; Culicoides mississippiensis; Removal trap

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES FURENS; CULICOIDES MELLEUS; CULICOIDES MISSISSIPPIENSIS; DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FLORIDA; INSECT CONTROL;

EID: 25144456493     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2005)21[218:TEOTMM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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