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Fig. 2

From: Thermal limits for flight activity of field-collected Culicoides in the United Kingdom defined under laboratory conditions

Fig. 2

Photographs of equipment used for collecting and sorting Culicoides collections for the flight activity study. Cardboard collection cup (340 ml) containing a sucrose-soaked cotton wool pad and paper towel strips (a); collection cup and sleeve removed from trap and secured using clip-lock tie (b); black plastic box with funnel at one end with attached clear plastic tubing (c); insects entering flight activity pots from the dark plastic box via the funnel and clear tubing (d); flight activity pots 1–6 were transferred into dark incubators and specifically were placed with the mesh downwards onto a tray to ensure darkness within the flight activity pot. A small sucrose-soaked cotton wool pad was placed underneath and a 7.5-cm-diameter pill box, with a fine mesh lid, was secured on top of the funnel allowing active insects to fly towards the UV light stimulus into the attached pill box (e)

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