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AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL FLIGHT TRAP FOR ASCENDING AND DESCENDING INSECTS1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Alan J. Wilkening
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
John L. Foltz
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
Thomas H. Atkinson
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
Michael D. Connor
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611

Extract

A study currently under way required non-attractant traps to collect and preserve for taxonomic identification flying insects inhabiting the crown and shrub layers of a slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii Engelm.) and pondcypress (Taxodium distichum var. nutans (Ait.) Sweet) forest. We concluded that an omnidirectional flight trap was appropriate. After failing to find a satisfactory design in the literature, we developed the trap illustrated in Fig. 1. Our design combines an original upper collecting unit with a modification of the trap described by Hines and Heikkenen (1977).

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1981

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References

Hines, J. W. and Heikkenen, H. J.. 1977. Beetles attracted to severed virginia pine (Pinus virginiana Mill.). Environ. Ent. 6: 123127.Google Scholar