The phrase "attract sand" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing natural phenomena, environmental science, or even in metaphorical expressions about drawing attention or interest.
Example: "The design of the beach umbrella was so appealing that it seemed to attract sand from all around."
Alternatives: "draw in sand" or "pull in sand".
Pots, tubes and wands of sticky lip gloss, so popular last winter, lose their appeal in the prime beach days of August, when ultrashiny lips tend to attract sand and wayward gnats.
An artificial structure alongside the pool is designed to attract sand martins to breed, as they did when the gravel quarry was operational; this was successful for the first time in 2009, with eight nestholes occupied and over 40 young fledged.
In addition to blood, sugar also constitutes a key component of the sand fly life cycle, and several plant species are able to attract sand flies.
However, spraying chicken houses alone would probably be ineffective because the odor and CO2 produced by the birds would still attract sand flies to the vicinity, and the sand flies risk encountering infected or susceptible mammals (including humans) en route and when they rest afterwards in untreated microhabitats.
In periurban areas, street lighting attracts sand flies to small farms or kitchen gardens, where dogs, chickens, and other small animals become the hosts.
In view of the short effective range of male pheromones (~2 m), pheromones are unlikely to be involved in attracting sand flies to chicken houses rather than host-produced stimuli such as odor and CO2 that extend for further distances.
The picture-perfect beaches and turquoise waters that people expect from the Caribbean are increasingly being fouled by mats of plant matter that attract biting sand fleas and smell like rotten eggs.
The proximity of chickens to humans may potentially increase m by attracting more sand flies into the local area, or even by maintaining a higher sand fly population, through provision of additional resources.
Cats are attracted to sand as a litter material.
I love the thumper from Dune, the device the sand people use to attract and distract the sand worms.
He said nobody had figured out a safe way to remove the camel, which was why it was still lying in the sand, attracting flies.
