Carbajal de la Fuente A. L. auteur aut IRD Minoli S. A. auteur aut IRD Lopes C. M. auteur aut IRD Noireau François auteur aut IRD Lazzari C. R. auteur aut IRD Lorenzo M. G. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access The present paper reports for the first time the capture of wild Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma pseudomaculata by means of light traps in Brazil. We tested commercially available lighting devices powered by batteries to attract the bugs to a white piece of cloth in the field. Two main findings showed to be significant: first, the results presented here show that light traps can be used for sampling these species in wild environments; second, they reveal that house colonization by triatomines may also happen as a consequence of the arrival of flying sylvatic bugs guided by artificial light sources. In addition, we discuss the effect of some environmental and biological factors on triatomine flight activity modulation. specialized Triatominae light traps flight sampling northeastern Brazil 052 101 2 115-119 2007 0001-706X https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037941 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.12.007 0001-706X [F B010037941] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037941 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2007/06/010037941.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2007-06-28 2017-08-23 fdi:010037941 fre