Suitability of two carbon dioxide-baited traps for mosquito surveillance in the United Kingdom

Rapidly changing environments and an increase in human movement around the globe have contributed to a rise in new and emerging diseases, many of which are arthropod borne. The threat posed to the United Kingdom by such diseases is uncertain, and there is a real need to understand the distribution,...

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Published in:Bulletin of entomological research 2007-12, Vol.97 (6), p.591-597
Main Authors: Hutchinson, R.A., West, P.A., Lindsay, S.W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Arthropoda
bait traps
Biological and medical sciences
Carbon Dioxide
CDC light trap
CDC light traps
CO2-baited traps
Culex pipiens
Culicidae
Environmental Monitoring - methods
equipment performance
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
insect traps
Insect Vectors
Light
Medically important nuisances and vectors, pests of stored products and materials: population survey and control
Mosquito Control - methods
mosquito-borne diseases
MosquitoMagnet
pest monitoring
Pilot Projects
trap height
trapping
trapping efficiency
United Kingdom
vector surveillance
Vectors. Intermediate hosts
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Summary:Rapidly changing environments and an increase in human movement around the globe have contributed to a rise in new and emerging diseases, many of which are arthropod borne. The threat posed to the United Kingdom by such diseases is uncertain, and there is a real need to understand the distribution, seasonality and behaviour of potential vectors in the country. At present, there is no standard method for routine mosquito surveillance in the UK. Here we compared the catching efficiency of two carbon dioxide-baited traps, the CDC light trap and the MosquitoMagnet® Pro trap, for collecting British mosquitoes. Two of each type of trap were operated at four sites in central and southern England from June to September, 2003. To determine whether trap height affected collections, three light traps were operated at 1, 2.5 and 5 m above the ground in one site in 2004. Both types of trap were efficient at catching mosquitoes, collecting 5414 mosquitoes of 16 species. MosquitoMagnet® traps caught 2.7 times more mosquitoes than CDC light traps (P
ISSN:0007-4853
1475-2670
DOI:10.1017/S0007485307005263