| Title: | Evaluation of Four Bed Bug Traps for Surveillance of the Brown Dog Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) |
| Author(s): | Carnohan LP; Kaufman PE; Allan SA; Gezan SA; Weeks EN; |
| Address: | "Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. USDA-ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, 1600/1700 SW 23rd Dr., Gainesville, FL 32608. School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Corresponding author, e-mail: eniweeks@ufl.edu" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0022-2585 (Print) 0022-2585 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latrielle), can be a serious residential pest due to its unique ability, among ticks, to complete its lifecycle indoors. A single engorged and fertilized female tick can oviposit around 4,000 eggs, allowing indoor establishment to be rapid and easy to miss in early-stage infestations. Acaricide treatment is currently the primary method of control, but can be costly and can lead to the development of acaricide resistance in tick populations. Traps of various designs can be used to help monitor and manage populations of indoor pests, such as cockroaches and bed bugs, but there are currently no commercially available traps for use with brown dog tick infestations. This study included a comparison of four commercially available bed bug traps (NightWatch [BioSensory Inc., Putnam, CT], Bed Bug Beacon [PackTite, Fort Collins, CO], ClimbUp [Susan McKnight Inc., Memphis, TN], and Verify [FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA]) with regard to their efficacy in capturing brown dog ticks, and also compared tick attraction to ClimbUp traps baited with several stimuli including CO2. Significantly more ticks were captured and attracted to the NightWatch and CO2-baited ClimbUp traps than the other two trap models. The results suggest that bed bug traps may be useful in brown dog tick monitoring, and CO2 will likely be an important component of a trapping system employed in the future" |
| Keywords: | Animals Bedbugs Female Male *Rhipicephalus sanguineus Tick Control/*instrumentation Rhipicephalus sanguineus carbon dioxide heat monitoring semiochemical; |
| Notes: | "MedlineCarnohan, Lucas P Kaufman, Phillip E Allan, Sandra A Gezan, Salvador A Weeks, Emma N I eng Evaluation Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 2015/09/04 J Med Entomol. 2015 Mar; 52(2):260-8. doi: 10.1093/jme/tju020. Epub 2015 Feb 2" |
