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Field Work

The project benefits greatly from the help of volunteers who maintain midge or mosquito traps on their land.

Biting midges

Trapping of midges using OVI traps

  • Bi-weekly trapping during the fly season
  • Traps use light to attract midges
  • Traps equire power outlet (220V)
  • 1.5 to 2m above floor
  • Ideally within 50m of livestock 
  • Traps deployed from 1h before dusk to 1h after dawn
  • Catches filtered, packaged and stored in 70% ethanol at ambient temperature until collected or shipped to UCD (postage is covered)

 

 Download the step-by-step protocol here: /netvecireland/t4media/OVI trap protocol.pdf

Mosquitoes