Flea trap made of bamboo

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Flea trap made of bamboo. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Flea trap: This consists of two bamboo tubes 30cm in length, one of 6 cm diameter which fits inside it and is secured by a wooden plug of 2.5 cm. The outer tube is fenestrated: the inner tube is smeared with birdime or some other sticky substance and then secured in position with the plug. The trap is then placed either in clothing or beds or amongst rugs and any fleas that get on to the surface of the inner tube are caught.

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