Tabanus iyoensis (Diptera: Tabanidae) avoid white and pattern like zebra stripe traps in comparison with black one on the field studies

Abstract

e role of zebra stripes has so far been described in four categories: camou age and visual disturbance, reduced body temperature rise, social function, and avoidance of blood-sucking insects. Although there are various studies that prove this, a few are from the viewpoint of entomology. erefore, we veri ed whether zebra stripes would avoid blood-sucking ies by trapping method at Toga, Toyama, Japan, using the Nzi trap (with attractant) made black, white and zebra-patterned cotton cloth. As a result, the zebra-striped Nzi traps and white ones could not signi cantly (p<0.01) attract and capture Tabanus iyoensis than the black ones, and signi cant di erence between the zebra-striped and white ones were not recognized (p>0.05).