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Low-Cost Automated Flight Intercept Trap for the Temporal Sub-Sampling of Flying Insects Attracted to Artificial Light at Night
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Low-Cost Automated Flight Intercept Trap for the Temporal Sub-Sampling of Flying Insects Attracted to Artificial Light at Night

Low-Cost Automated Flight Intercept Trap for the Temporal Sub-Sampling of Flying Insects Attracted to Artificial Light at Night

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06:19 min

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December 29, 2021

DOI:

10.3791/63156-v

DOI:
10.3791/63156-v

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06:19 min
December 29, 2021

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1Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution,La Trobe University, 2Independent researcher

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To study the impacts of artificial light at night (ALAN) on nocturnal flying insects, sampling needs to be confined to nighttime. The protocol describes a low-cost automated flight intercept trap that allows researchers to sample at user-defined periods with increased replication.

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Robert, K. A., Dimovski, A. M., Robert, J. A., Griffiths, S. R. Low-Cost Automated Flight Intercept Trap for the Temporal Sub-Sampling of Flying Insects Attracted to Artificial Light at Night. J. Vis. Exp. (178), e63156, doi:10.3791/63156 (2021).

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