An efficient method to sample Musca domestica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Muscidae) using coloured pan-traps in a cage poultry facility

When houseflies find optimal conditions to develop, they rapidly increase their population size negatively impacting both humans and animals through nuisance the transmission of pathogens. Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Muscidae) shows a preference for animal faeces this reason it is serious pest in breeding facilities. To prevent proliferation evaluate efficiency control methods, important routinely monitor activity dipteran such There are several types traps sampling sites, here we used colored pan-traps trap its color M. cage poultry facility located city Nepomuceno, Minas Gerais, Brazil. do so, set up yellow, white, blue red next cages poultries collected flies once week period year. Although density was high during entire sampling, more were white (monthly average 470.83 flies) than yellow (327.55), (267.14) (199.63). Hence, argue that farm needs improve housefly monitoring program suggest continuous use methods implemented facility.