Overview

Resting traps are an important tool for adult mosquito surveillance programs that need to collect mosquitoes from the dark, sheltered resting sites they use after host-seeking or blood feeding. Unlike light traps or CO2-baited traps, a resting trap does not rely on attraction from light or host cues. Instead, it provides a protected resting habitat that can be sampled by field technicians.

The Entovate Resting Trap is designed for vector control districts, public health agencies, and university entomology programs that need a simple, field-ready method for collecting resting and blood-fed adult mosquitoes. Resting collections are especially useful when programs want specimens that may provide information about host contact, pathogen exposure, or local vector activity.

How it works: The trap provides a dark, sheltered resting location for adult mosquitoes in the field. After deployment, technicians collect mosquitoes from the trap using an aspirator or collection chamber, preserving specimens for identification, pooling, imaging, or arbovirus testing.

Key Features

Resting-site surveillance design: provides an artificial resting habitat for adult mosquitoes in shaded field locations
No light attractant required: useful where light-based collection is not desired or may bias collections
No CO2 required: can be deployed without dry ice, compressed gas, regulators, or timers
Targets resting and blood-fed females: supports surveillance workflows where physiological status is important
Field-portable construction: designed for easy transport, deployment, and retrieval by surveillance technicians
Compatible with aspirator collection: pair with Entovate aspirators for fast removal of live specimens
Supports live specimen handling: helps preserve mosquitoes for identification, imaging, pooling, or laboratory testing
University of Florida informed design: developed for practical mosquito surveillance and field research applications

Applications / Use Cases

Resting mosquito surveillance: collect adults from dark, sheltered habitats where mosquitoes rest during the day
Blood-fed female collection: sample mosquitoes that may have recently taken a blood meal for host-contact or pathogen surveillance studies
Arbovirus surveillance: collect specimens for West Nile virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, St. Louis Encephalitis, or other mosquito-borne pathogen testing
Field research: support studies of mosquito behavior, resting-site selection, habitat use, and species composition
Live-capture workflows: collect specimens for imaging, identification, pooling, or testing with Entovate’s LAMP Isothermal Heater/Viewer with Camera
Low-resource deployment: use in locations where batteries, light sources, or CO2 systems are impractical
Training programs: introduce technicians and students to resting-site collection methods used in public health entomology

What’s in the Box

2× Entovate Resting Trap Collaspible Containers
1× Collection lid
2x Resting trap Collection jars with funnels
Battery, light source, and CO2 system not required

Compatible Accessories

100mm Aspirator: collect mosquitoes from the resting trap during routine field checks
200mm Battery-Powered Mosquito Aspirator: wide-mouth collection option for fast live specimen removal
Collection Jar for Light and Gravid Trap: use for specimen transfer and site-specific sample organization where compatible
LAMP Isothermal Heater/Viewer with Camera: process mosquito pools after collection for field-compatible pathogen screening
Battery Box: useful when pairing the resting trap workflow with powered aspirators or other field equipment
Mosquito image workflow accessories: support specimen imaging and AI identification workflows after collection

Mosquito Traps

Mosquito Pop-up Resting Trap

Modified Gravid Trap

CDC-Style Miniature Light Trap for Mosquito Surveillance

Midges-Mosquito Trap with UV light

LEDs