A NOVEL TRAP CONFIGURATION FOR LIVE CAPTURE OF MOSQUITOES
DONGMIN KIM, TERRY J. DEBRIERE, AND NATHAN D. BURRKETT-CADENA, March 2024 Journal of the Florida Mosquito Control Association 71(1) DOI:10.32473/jfmca.71.1.135294
Our modified CDC light trap is an excellent choice for public health surveillance programs monitoring for arbovirus surveillance such as West Nile virus, Dengue, St. Louis virus, and Yellow Fever.
Besides using light, our light trap, when paired with CO2, is well-suited to capturing mosquitoes for detecting other pathogens, such as the Eastern Encephalitis vector and Malaria. Our trap has proven to be as or more effective than the BG Sentinel 2 in capturing several medically important species.
Infrared light sensors permit rapid recording of wingbeat frequency and bioacoustic species identification of mosquitoes, Dongmin Kim 1, Terry J DeBriere 2, Satish Cherukumalli 2, Gregory S White 3, Nathan D Burkett-Cadena PMCID: PMC8113239 PMID: 33976350
An evening collection of mosquitoes seen feeding on a sweet water solution. In the process their saliva is collected from which their RNA can be extracted. This provides an opportunity to get a pooled sample for detection of mosquito-borne diseases. The mosquito are live and intact making identification easier.