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Research Article

The effect of bait age and season on trap catch of blow fly species composition (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in a suburban habitat

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Received 22 Dec 2022, Accepted 05 Feb 2024, Published online: 15 Feb 2024
 

Abstract

We document the blow fly species caught at two baited traps from May to July 2021 in a suburban region of southern Ontario. Baited traps were deployed in a residential area of St Catharines, Ontario, which captured blow flies from 7 species, the most abundant being Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) (878) and Phormia regina Meigen, 1826 (397). Traps were baited with chicken drumsticks of various ages. We found that trap catch increased from late spring to summer, but there was no effect of bait age on the number of flies caught.

RÉSUMÉ

Nous documentons les espèces de mouches à viande capturées dans deux pièges avec appâts de mai à juillet 2021 dans une région suburbaine du sud de l‘Ontario. Des pièges appâtés ont été déployés dans un quartier résidentiel de St Catharines, Ontario, qui ont capturé des mouche à viande de 7 espèces, les plus abondantes étant Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) (878) et Phormia regina Meigen, 1826 (397). Les pièges ont été appâtés avec des pilons de poulet de différents âges. Nous avons constaté que les prises dans les pièges augmentaient de la fin du printemps à l‘été, mais qu’il n‘y avait pas d‘effet de l‘âge de l‘appât sur le nombre de mouches capturées.

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Craig and Veronica Constant for providing access to their property to conduct the research and Alex McCafferty Leroux for assisting with fieldwork. The authors are grateful to Léandre Demers for their translation services and the anonymous reviewers for their time and insightful suggestions.

Disclosure statement

The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.

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