Difference between revisions of "Insect traps"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A device used to attract and retain insects. Insect traps are used to monitor the number and type of insects in an environment. Various insect traps include [ | + | A device used to attract and retain insects. Insect traps are used to monitor the number and type of insects in an environment. Various insect traps include [[sticky traps]], light traps, pitfall traps, and [[pheromone lures|pheromone traps]]. [[Bait]], such as food or pheromones, attracts the insects, then either the trap configuration or adhesives, [[insecticide|insecticides]], electricity are used to retain or kill the insects. |
[[File:Germ.cockroach_stickytrap_forestryimages.org.jpg|thumb|Sticky Insect trap]] | [[File:Germ.cockroach_stickytrap_forestryimages.org.jpg|thumb|Sticky Insect trap]] | ||
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== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 15:13, 16 January 2014
Description
A device used to attract and retain insects. Insect traps are used to monitor the number and type of insects in an environment. Various insect traps include Sticky traps, light traps, pitfall traps, and pheromone traps. Bait, such as food or pheromones, attracts the insects, then either the trap configuration or adhesives, insecticides, electricity are used to retain or kill the insects.
Synonyms and Related Terms
blunder traps (Australian)
Additional Information
ISCA Tech: Monitoring Traps
Authority
- External source or communication Comment: WAAC, M. Gilberg, Monitoring Ahtrenus verbasci in museum collections using a sex pheromone lure, WAAC 71(2) 1995
- Website address 1 Comment: AMOL reCollections Glossary - http://amol.org.au/recollections/7/b/htm