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| steeves |
Posted on 09-11-2009 20:17
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Member Location: Posts: 8 Joined: 09.11.09 |
Hi guys, I am new to this forum and I would be very grateful if somebody could let me know where I can find some cheap aerial malaise (or composite flight intercept)  traps.Thanks a lot. Cheers steeves |
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 09-11-2009 23:02
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
This should probably be posted in a different forum like "General", but I don't know if/how to move it. In the right spot more people will see it and respond. I guess cheapest depends on where you are. A search of the WEB shows several companies selling them in the US and a couple more in other places. I'm not an expert on exchange rates but they all seem to cost about the same with principle differences being (1)size (2) whether poles, line, etc. are supplied, (3) kind and number of collecting heads. They're not hard to make but I'd suggest getting one pre-made first and then copying it. UV-stabilized material isn't cheap but you can probably make a 2 meter long Malaise yourself for a bit over $100 US if you have a sewing machine. Edited by Steve Pelikan on 09-11-2009 23:05 |
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| steeves |
Posted on 09-11-2009 23:37
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Member Location: Posts: 8 Joined: 09.11.09 |
Thanks Steve, I will try to move into the general forum. I had a search on the net but it seems that the companies here are selling only malaise traps but I am currently looking for AERIAL Malaise traps. I currently based in UK. Thanks a lot again. steeves |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 09-11-2009 23:43
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19363 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Thread already moved. No need to do anything in that respect.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| steeves |
Posted on 10-11-2009 00:04
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Member Location: Posts: 8 Joined: 09.11.09 |
Thanks a lot paul. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-11-2009 01:19
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I think the words "cheap" and "Malaise trap" are not usually compatible I think your best bet would be perhaps to make one of your own with some netting and carbon-fiber rods - like the ones used to make modern kites. That would be pretty light and rigid. Where are you hoping to run these traps? 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| steeves |
Posted on 10-11-2009 10:48
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Member Location: Posts: 8 Joined: 09.11.09 |
Hi Chris, I have found lots of places where I found Malaise traps but I am looking for AERIAL MALAISE traps. I am looking to buy a one and use it as a template. I will be carrying arthropods surveys in the dry forests of Mauritius in January. Thanks for replying. Cheers steeves |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 10-11-2009 11:25
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19363 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I have no experience running my own Malaise trap (let alone buying or building one) but I already volunteer to do work on any of the empidoids (excluding dolies) you might get. 
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 10-11-2009 12:19
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
And I volunteer for the Syrphidae you will get..... Greetings, Gerard Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Andre |
Posted on 11-11-2009 01:00
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
I thought I left this link here: http://bugdorm.me...ew.com.tw/ Nothing there for your specific goal? Also you can ask Gordon, he made some traps himself! |
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| steeves |
Posted on 12-11-2009 12:13
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Member Location: Posts: 8 Joined: 09.11.09 |
Hi Andre, Thank you so much for this website. It is just amazing and relatively cheap. It will cost around 35 pounds to post but it even so it absolutely fine. Sorry for writing my specific goals. Here they are: I am actually studying endemic geckos in Mauritius and one part of my research will be looking at their diet. So I will need to sample their environment to see what kind of arthropods are present. I am planning to collect arthropods on a monthly basis for one year. I hope this is clear. If not, please let me know. Thanks again. steeves |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 12-11-2009 12:33
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Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Aaaah, you're going to study Phelsuma's?? Greetings Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 12-11-2009 15:06
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Would be very, very interesting to see the tachinids from such an isolated island ... but I doubt many would be identifiable ... perhaps at least the number of species could be calculated
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| conopid |
Posted on 12-11-2009 16:43
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
or try these people: http://www.entomology.org.uk/prices.htm Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| bbrown |
Posted on 14-11-2009 15:24
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Member Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 103 Joined: 17.02.05 |
Sante Traps makes an aerial MT that we used in Colombia. They are in the USA, but they can ship to you.. Brian Brian Brown Entomology NH Museum of Los Angeles Co. |
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| viktor j nilsson |
Posted on 14-11-2009 16:08
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 203 Joined: 25.02.08 |
The Sante canopy trap looks really impressive, I must say! |
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| steeves |
Posted on 15-11-2009 20:58
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Member Location: Posts: 8 Joined: 09.11.09 |
Thanks for your all advices guys. Yes Gerrard, I am going to study the Phelsuma's in mauritius. Has anyone used any aerial malaise traps? How good they are compared to the normal traps? Thanks I had a look at the sante canopy traps they look but quite expensive compared to the slam trap from taiwan ( please the website Andre posted: http://bugdorm.me...ew.com.tw/). Cheers steeves |
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| steeves |
Posted on 15-11-2009 21:01
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Member Location: Posts: 8 Joined: 09.11.09 |
sorry I missed a word in previous reply: Has anyone used any aerial malaise traps? How good they are compared to the normal malaise traps? Thanks |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 15-11-2009 21:12
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Like most traps, the key is in the positioning - a friend of mine put a trap 25m into the rainforest canopy and after 3 months had caught almost nothing (relatively speaking). So you really have to understand what you are after or fill the forest with lots of traps at different heights and orientations. I did see a nice variation on the theme once - with a malaise trap tied to many trees and set at about 1m off the ground ... I don't know how long it was set but it seemed to have quite a good catch
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 20-11-2009 04:51
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
Dang! I just came back to this thread to post about http://www.santetraps.com/ that sells canopy traps only to find them already mentioned. Your project sounds interesting. Please tell everyone here what you decided on in the end (as far as equipment) and how your work progresses. |
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