Methods for monitoring outdoor populations of house flies, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae)

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 244-250

  Geden, Christopher J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

House fly; Monitoring; Musca domestica; Sampling; Trapping

Indexed keywords

INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSE FLY; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSEFLIES; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; PHEROMONES; POPULATION DENSITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS;

DIPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 33644819529     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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