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7 Maintenance
Nets
All nets must be kept clean! In case they have to be cleaned, wash them (by hand or machine)
with unperfumed soap to avoid odour contamination!
Any dirt or dust can clogg the pores of the nets and hinder the air flow.
If the catch bag is damaged or torn it should be replaced, as the mosquitoes are able to
escape.
Extra catch bags, replacement sets and other accessories can be purchased from your supplier.
8 What the BG-Sentinel can do
Independent scientific studies demonstrate that the BG-Sentinel is the most effective
trap for the
Yellow fever mosquito
Aedes aegypti
and the Tiger mosquito
Aedes albopictus
, even without the
addition of CO
2
.
No CO
2
is necessary when the BG-Sentinel is used to catch
Aedes aegypti, Aedes polynesiensis
Aedes albopictus, Culex
species such as
Culex quinquefasciatus
and
Culex pipiens
and other
insects such as housefly, stablefly and fruitfly
.
However, for
these mosquito species catch results improve when CO
2
is added. With the
addition of CO
2
, also other mosquito species (e.g.
Ochlerotatus, Aedes vexans, Aedes
cinereus,
Anopheles, Coquillettidia
) and other blood seeking insects as for example black flies
(
Simuliidae
) or no-see-ums (
Ceratopogonidae
) can be captured.
The BG-Sentinel
•
is very light (1,2 kg)
•
can easily be folded together to a height of 10 cm which makes it very easy to
transport and carry around.
Even when it is unfolded to its usability size of 40cm
height it is still handy and light for carrying.
•
can easily be assembled – no tools are needed and it takes no more than five
minutes. It is then very easy to use.
Aedes albopictus (Gainesville, Floride, USA)
29
70
14
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
BG-Sentinel
(w ithout CO2)
BG-Sentinel (w ith
CO2)
CDC (w ith CO2)
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s
Aedes aegypti (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
30
2
3
47
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
BG-Sentinel
(without CO2)
MosquitoMagnet
Liberty (only with
CO2)
Fay Prince
(without CO2)
Human landing
collection
T
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l
n
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b
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f
c
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te
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q
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s
Summer
2003
/
04
N=20
Summer
2005
N=15
