Narrow crawl space increases capture of cockroaches (Blattodea) in adhesive traps

Entomological News

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 284-287

  El Mallakh, Rif S ^a   Hartmann, Michael J ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Electrical Geodesics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive traps; Blattodea; Narrow crawl space; Nonchemical control

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 4944240286     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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