Behavioral Response Of Musca Domestica To Visual Targets

In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of visual cues of sticky sheets for capturing house flies . In addition, we also examined the insect catching ability of LED-UV light traps under the same conditions. There was no significant difference between the number captured on the sticky sheets with visual cues (randomly printed fly illustrations, regularly placed black spots, and regularly placed real house flies) and plain sticky sheets. The capture efficiency of the sticky sheet was not affected by the presence of a similar size to the flies or by the presence of individual flies. The light trap was found to be more effective than sticky sheets with or without visual cues for efficient monitoring.