| culicoides trapping with rothamsted suction traps before and during the bluetongue epidemic of 2006 in belgium. | the collection of biting midges was taking place some months before the first bluetongue outbreak in belgium in august 2006. the walloon agricultural research centre had been monitoring aphid populations at two sites annually in belgium (gembloux and libramont), using two stationary '12-m' rothamsted suction traps. for the gembloux trap, collections of insects captured daily from 11 may 2006 onwards were already available at the time of the outbreak. an examination of these samples revealed the ... | 2008 | 18640735 |