Mosquito Magnet® traps as a potential means of monitoring blackflies of medical and veterinary importance.

Mosquito Magnet® traps, deployed in widespread parts of England as part of nationwide mosquito surveillance projects, also caught blackflies. As many as 1242 blackflies were caught in a trapping session lasting 4 days. Principal among the species caught were Simulium equinum, Simulium lineatum and Simulium ornatum s.l. As S. ornatum s.l. is a vector that transmits Onchocerca linealis to cattle and S. equinum is responsible for dermatitis ('sweet itch') in cattle and horses, it is suggested that Mosquito Magnet® traps could be used to monitor and partially control these pests, as well as nuisance anthropophilic blackflies such as Simulium posticatum that can cause simuliidosis in southern England. © 2021 The Authors. Medical and Veterinary Entomology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Royal Entomological Society.

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D López-Peña, F M Hawkes, G I Gibson, C Johnston, A G C Vaux, Á Lis-Cantín, J M Medlock, R A Cheke. Mosquito Magnet® traps as a potential means of monitoring blackflies of medical and veterinary importance. Medical and veterinary entomology. 2021 Dec;35(4):646-651

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PMID: 34013620

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