Abstract: The H-Trap (Bite-Lite LLC, Bethel, CT) is specifically designed to catch flies from the Tabanidae family. The company's instruction manual specifically states that the H-Trap will NOT catch other biting flies that bother horses. We have found that, if baited with dry ice, this trap will collect large numbers of several species of mosquitoes. In a recently completed study, utilizing traps baited with dry ice/octenol, we collected large numbers of Aedes spp., Anopheles spp, Culex spp. and some Psorophora spp. In addition to collecting mosquitoes we also collected several Culicoides spp, Lutzomyia spp. and large numbers of Corethrellaappendiculata. Future studies will compare the efficacy of unbaited with baited traps for collecting these and other biting fly taxa.
