Collection of Sandflies

 

Figure 01. White coloured sticky trap coated with castor oil

We are happy to let you know that few field experiments were already started in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka where our project location is situated. In the first experiment, we compared numbers of sandflies caught on sticky traps that were coated with the castor oil and made of white, yellow, and blue A4 size papers. These traps were set simultaneously at few different environmental conditions considering the man made building structures, human and livestock population, severe deforestation and loss of natural vegetative cover.  

 

Figure 02: Set-up of an experiment comparing number of sand flies captured on differently coloured sticky traps. Traps were set vertically around the study location in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The experiments were conducted on calm day and nights, without noticeable wind blowing from any direction.