Factors Affecting the Distance of Scatter of House Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) from Electrocuting Traps
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 82 (1) , 149-151
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/82.1.149
Abstract
The distances to which house flies, Musca domestica L., were scattered from electrocuting traps were affected by trap design, height of the traps above the floor, and wind velocity. A formula is given for calculating the necessary widths of containment trays to reduce scatter. A distance of 2 m between work areas and wall-mounted traps hung at 2 m would provide a scatter-free zone.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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