Fieldwork for Culicoides biting midges in the Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Slovenia) and North Africa (Lybia).

"A specific collaboration was established with entomologists who had received training within the framework of VectorNet, during the “Training course on Culicoides biting midges” held in 2023 at IZSAM in Teramo, Italy.The collection sites have been selected according to the possibility of placing traps near animals (excluding enclosed stables), the availability of collaborative farm owners, and their distribution across different regions of the Countries.Blacklight suction traps were used to collect data on the distribution and seasonal abundance of the Culicoides vector species.A total of 37 collection sites were selected and sampled, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lybia, Montenegro, and Slovenia."