Laboratory evaluation of an ovipositional trap for mosquito adults Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae).

ABSTRACT

A trap was designed, fabricated and evaluated for trapping and killing ovipositing females of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes. aegypti. Water in which larval stages had previously dwelt for 48 hrs. formed the attractant source for ovipositing mosquito females. The trap was evaluated under different experimental conditions. Single choice and double choice experiments were performed with or without glue applied to inner surfaces, to determine trap efficacy. Effect of population size and alteration in assay conditions on percentage catch are discussed.