Abstract
The color choice behavior of the tsetse fly with odor bait and without odor bait was investigated in the field in Ngruman, Kenya. Traps were made using a mixture of blue and green pigments in different ratios and then checked for their trapping efficiency. The effects of color in trapping without odor bait was the same as previous reports, i.e. more flies are attracted by blue compared with other colors. Trapping efficiency was generally augmented when odor bait was used. However, trapping efficiency decreased when odor was presented with a pure blue cloth and increased at the blue-green cloth. It is concluded that blue-green cloth is the most useful material from which to make traps in order to control the tsetse fly, and thereby the incidence of sleeping sickness.
