22 Aug 2015

Tsetse fly traps

From This Way Up, 1:50 pm on 22 August 2015
The blue of the flag attracts Tsetse flies.

The blue of the flag attracts Tsetse flies. Photo: Supplied.

Hanging tiny target to trap Tsetse flies.

Hanging tiny target to trap Tsetse flies. Photo: Supplied.

Scientists are fighting tsetse flies and the sleeping sickness they spread using the colour blue. Professor Steve Torr from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is using this knowledge to design better flytraps.