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Biting midge management is all about reducing your contact with
midges. There are a number of easy things you can do yourself and
products which can help, including repellents, anti-midge clothing
and commonsense.
There are also a number
of traps commercially available. These mainly work by
attracting midges them with a combination of cues which a midge
would be searching for to take a bloodmeal.
APS can help maximise the potential of such traps, for example:
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how many traps do you need?
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how should you position your traps to maximise their
effectiveness?
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is it possible to create a barrier around your
house/hotel/campsite using traps?
If you are considering investing in a midge trapping
device for your home or business or if you already have one or
more and want to maximise their impact on this year's midge
population, APS can provide professional advice, based on many
years of hands-on research.
Our services range from advising on trap positioning from a
description of your garden from a photograph or personal visit, to
mapping midge breeding grounds (i.e. where adult midges emerge
from) within your garden, to complete
midge-management
programmes for larger organisations, including campsites and
hotels: see the link on this page for further information.
If you are interested in our
midge management services, please
contact us
Midge-Transmitted
Bluetongue Virus
APS is currently working in the area of biting midge surveillance
and management in relation to midge-transmitted bluetongue virus of
ruminants. We can:
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supply
approved light-suction traps for the target midge species
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assist
in project design, implementation and management, including
insect trap reporting
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introduce limited midge-reduction/protection measures in key
areas
For any of
these services, please
contact us. |
click above to download a free 'survival
guide'
to biting midges
midge forecast
APS midge management
planning
midge facts
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APS works closely with
Innovent (Scotland),
who produce a unique patented insect air barrier to create a midge
free area
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