Conenose Bugs (Triatoma) Visit Unoccupied Boy's Camp in Los Angeles

Abstract
Previous studies of Wood (1953, 1960) and Mehringer et al (1958, 1961) have shown Triatoma protracta protracta (Uhler) to be a pest of man in Griffith Park Youth Camps. The bugs attack man under temperature stress and during absence of natural rodent hosts. Details of habitat are described by Mehringer & Wood (1958). During the summers of 1962 & 1963, the Boys' Camp (City Fire Dept. Map Areas 29 & 30) remained unoccupied except for caretaker Arthur L. Gladwill. Collections were made of Triatoma during 25 July-21 Aug. 1963 (Anderson) and continued to 14 Oct. by Gladwill who compiled most of the data.

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