Comparison of two American biophysics mosquito traps: the professional and a new counterflow geometry trap
Kline, D.L.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 15(3): 276-282
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 8756-971X PMID: 10480115 Document Number: 502366
Large cage and field studies were conducted to compare the efficacy of 2 American Biophysics Corporation mosquito traps, the standard professional (PRO) trap and a new counterflow geometry (CFG) trap. The PRO trap utilizes conventional downdraft technology and the CFG trap uses a patent-pending technology. In large cage studies, similarly baited CFG traps captured ~1.7 times as many laboratory-reared Aedes taeniorhynchus as the PRO trap. The CFG trap baited with CO2 + octenol resulted in significantly reduced landing counts compared to all other treatments; mean landing count was reduced from 233.8 (12.99/min), when no trap was present, to 24.7 (1.37/min). In field studies in Florida, USA, against natural populations of woodland species, the CFG trap captured 7.8 times more mosquitoes than the PRO trap overall, and ~11 times more Anopheles crucians, A. quadrimaculatus and Culex erraticus.