Malaise Trap II, Townes Style

Malaise Trap II, Townes Style
  • Model:BT1011
 
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Price per Unit $456.88 AUD $434.03 AUD $411.19 AUD
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※Tent pegs, guy ropes, and support poles required for trap installation are NOT included in the package.  Please order trap installation kits (BT1011B), if needed.

Malaise traps are widely used in biodiversity surveys because they efficiently trap flying insects.  However, one of the main complaints about the Malaise trap is its cost, especially compared to other trapping tools.

This economical Malaise trap results from quality sewing work.  Its black Polyester no-see-um fabric (96 x 26 mesh/square inch) catches minute insects, including parasitic wasps.  Our Malaise trap's interception area (center panel) is 165 by 110 cm (5.4 ft by 3.6 ft).  If you place trays with killing agents underneath this interceptor, it also functions as a flight interception trap (FIT) or window trap, sampling specimens (i.e., some beetles) that drop or fly down after hitting an obstruction.

Each Townes-style Malaise trap comes equipped with one 500ml collection bottle.  The catch is easily removed by unscrewing the bottle from the connecting ring.

Pack Contents
x1 Fabric Trap Body
x1 Collection Head (pre-installed)
x1 Collection Bottle

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Collection of related articles from the last 10 years:

  • Organization, usefulness and limitations of an ATBI (All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory): the inventory of terrestrial invertebrates in the Mercantour National Park. Deharveng et al. (2015). Zoosystema, 37(1), 9-30.
  • Species identification in malaise trap samples by DNA barcoding based on NGS technologies and a scoring matrix. Morinière et al. (2016). PLoS One, 11(5), e0155497.
  • Comparison of Vavoua, Malaise and Nzi traps with and without attractants for trapping of Stomoxys spp.(Diptera: Muscidae) and tabanids (Diptera: Tabanidae) on cattle farms. Tunnakundacha et al. (2017). Agriculture and Natural Resources, 51(4), 319-323.
  • Revision of Afroserphus Masner (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae) with the description of two new species. Buffington et al. (2018). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 120(4), 687-707.
  • Expedited assessment of terrestrial arthropod diversity by coupling Malaise traps with DNA barcoding. deWaard et al. (2019). Genome, 62(3), 85-95.
  • Toward a standardized quantitative and qualitative insect monitoring scheme. Hausmann et al. (2020). Ecology and Evolution, 10(9), 4009-4020.
  • High species richness of tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Calyptratae) sampled with a Malaise trap in Baihua Mountain Reserve, Beijing, China. Pei et al. (2021). Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-10.
  • Fluctuating insect diversity, abundance and biomass across agricultural landscapes. Hausmann et al. (2022). Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-9.
  • Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America. Dunn et al. (2023). Ecology, e4036.
  • Photonic sensors reflect variation in insect abundance and diversity across habitats. Rydhmer et al. (2024). Ecological Indicators, 158, 111483.