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Table 3 Total numbers of Culicoides spp. collected on sheared and unsheared sheep and with a UV light-suction trap (Trial 2)

From: Sheep breed and shearing influences attraction and blood-feeding behaviour of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on a UK farm

Trap type

Genus/Subgenus/Species

Total Culicoides

Subgenus Avaritia females

C. obsoletus males

C. scoticus males

C. dewulfi males

C. chiopterus males

Sheared (n = 91)

7571

7239

24

4

2

15

Unsheared (n = 90)

6755

6565

26

3

8

13

Light-suction trap (n = 181)

837

809

2

0

0

0

Total

15,163

14,613

52

7

10

28