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Attraction of Tabanids to Traps Baited with Dry Ice Under Field Conditions in Louisiana
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1966
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BiologyTerrestrial ArthropodHost DetectionNatural SciencesPredator-prey InteractionEntomologyEvolutionary BiologyTraps BaitedFishery ScienceInterspecific Behavioral InteractionFishery ManagementDry IceAnimal BehaviorField ConditionsSticky Traps
Twenty-three species of Tabanidae were collected under field conditions in greater numbers on sticky traps baited with dry ice than on similar unbaited traps. It appears that CO2 may be an important stimulus in host detection by female tabanids.