Tsetse flytrap

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Tsetse flytrap
Manufacturer	(unknown)
Production years	c. 1988
Production location	Africa

With changes in climate, habitats shift. The natural drift of non-human life is enhanced by travellers and their transport – exotic pests have a global reach, and may become commonplace where they are not expected.

Designed by African scientists to fool tsetse flies into thinking it was a cow, this trap enticed the insects to a death by baking in the hot sun. The pattern was distributed through INFOTERRA, an early computer-based communication system, between 1973 and 1990.

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Inv. No: 1993-868