<i>Tabanus iyoensis</i> (Diptera: Tabanidae) avoid white and pattern like zebra stripe traps in comparison with black one on the field studies

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  • Tabanus iyoensis (Diptera: Tabanidae) avoid white and pattern like zebra stripe traps in comparison with black one on the field studies

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<p>The role of zebra stripes has so far been described in four categories: camouflage and visual disturbance, reduced body temperature rise, social function, and avoidance of blood-sucking insects. Although there are various studies that prove this, a few are from the viewpoint of entomology. Therefore, we verified whether zebra stripes would avoid blood-sucking flies by trapping method at Toga, Toyama, Japan, using the Nzi trap (with attractant) made black, white and zebra-patterned cotton cloth. As a result, the zebra-striped Nzi traps and white ones could not significantly (p<0.01) attract and capture Tabanus iyoensis than the black ones, and significant difference between the zebra-striped and white ones were not recognized (p>0.05).</p>

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