Andrew McMullin

TL;DR: Field trials designed to standardize tools for the control of Glossina tachinoides, G. palpalis gambiensis and G. morsitans submorsitans in West Africa show that targets can be used as practical devices for population suppression of the three species studied.

TL;DR: Blue-black 0.25 m2 cloth targets show promise as simple cost effective devices for management of G. p.

TL;DR: Targets in phthalogen blue or turquoise blue cloth with adhesive film were the best devices for capturing G. swynnertoni in all situations, catching up to 19 times more flies than pyramidal traps.

TL;DR: The findings show that targets made from black and blue fabrics covered with adhesive film render them equal to or more efficient than traps at capturing G. f.

TL;DR: This study confirms earlier findings on G. swynnertoni that smaller visual targets, down to 0.5 m2, would be as efficient as using 1 m2 targets for population management of this species and indicates that an insecticide-impregnated pyramidal trap would also constitute an effective control device for G. centralis.