Catch efficacy of five commercial light traps was compared using an enclosed laboratory assay. One hundred flies were released from a screen cage through a duct tube terminating at an enclosed light trap. Mean numbers of flies caught on trap glue boards were analyzed with Analysis of Variance. Standard SylvaniaŽ 15 watt black-light bulbs were used in traps. Control repetitions were run using the same assay with light traps turned off. Ultra-Violet output from each trap was captured and analyzed using a spectrometer.
Species 1: Diptera Muscidae Musca domestica (house fly)
Keywords: UV trap, control
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