AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES|agricultural activity|animal health
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- Definition insect-catching device which draws in disease-bearing insects by suction Reference "COM-EN, based on Oxford English Dictionary, 'aspiration, n.', Second edition, 1989, online version June 2012, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/11672 [26.7.2012] and Weinzierl, R, Henn, T, Koehler, PG and Tucker, CL (2005), Insect Attractants and Traps, ENY-277, Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in080 [27.7.2012]"
- Comment Aspiration traps may be equipped with certain lures to attract particular insects, e.g. ultraviolet light in the case of the midge Culicoides imicola, the transmitter (vector) of the bluetongue virus which primarily affects sheep. The traps can be used to determine the population dynamics of the vector.