Sentences with phrase «attract tsetse flies»

Bright colours are to be avoided because they attract animals plus they can be distracting for safari goers looking to spot wildlife, black and dark blue can attract tsetse flies (usually an issue in mid-continental Africa between the Sahara and the Kalahari Deserts), and white is usually a no go because dirt shows very easily.

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If vector control strategies — using «tsetse targets» coated with insecticide to attract and kill flies — are added, this elimination goal is likely to be achieved within four years when coupled with any screening approach.

Egri's team picked up on a theory first proposed in 1930 and backed up in 1981, when it was demonstrated that biting tsetse flies were least attracted to striped animal models, when compared to black or white models.