PRELIMINARY TESTS OF ENERGY-SAVING TRAPS FOR INSECTS ON THE BASIS OF LED LIGHT SOURCES
One of the main problems on livestock farms and pastures are flies: the krovoski (family Hippoboscidae), the present (the family Muscidae), the gray meat (the family Sarcophagidae), etc. Great damage is caused to livestock by insects. As a result of mass attack on live animals, there is a noticeable decrease in the productivity. Fallen flies are carriers of causative agents of infectious and invasive diseases, green meat flies are the causative agents of facultative tissue miases. There are many ways to fight insects, but so far farms have been using traditional methods of struggle. Preventive and fighter activities are conducted to combat flies. The measures are aimed at eliminating the places of the insect's breeding, they need to be carried out regardless of the presence and number of insects. It has been scientifically proven that the activity of the summer of insects depends on their vision, considering this, we propose to develop the pits for insects on the basis of light-emitting sources of light. We have developed an experimental sample, and a number of experiments have also been carried out. The purpose of this development is the use of light-emitting diodes in pulsating modeto increase the attractiveness of insects. Based on the conducted experiment and the data obtained, we will continue our research and development of the design of the energy-saving trap on the basis of light-emitting light sources, taking into account the shortcomings revealed, as a result of the experiments.