RUSTA 629601520101, Manual

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MOSQUITOES – YOUR ENEMY
• There are more than 2,700 species of mosquito in the world.
• Most live and die close to where they were born, although some can travel long
distances in the search for a host. Only the female mosquito bites, because she
requires blood to be able to produce fertile eggs.
• Mosquitos require stagnant water in water-rich environments, including fresh water,
salt water marshes, brackish water and water in containers, old tyres, holes in trees
and even plant pots. The female mosquito lays its eggs on the surface of the water
and, in the right conditions, the eggs hatch and grow into adult mosquitoes in just
10–14 days.
• Both the male and female mosquitoes regularly feed on nectar in flowers, but the
females require blood to produce fertile eggs. Therefore, she needs to find a human
or animal to act as host so she can suck blood before she lays her eggs.
• Most mosquitoes in nature never come into contact with people. They draw blood
from birds or other animals. Mosquito species that reproduce among humans and in
residential areas stay near to the place where they hatch.
• Mosquitoes looking for blood use visual, thermal and scent stimuli to find a host. Of
these, scent is most important.
• Of the more than 100 substances found in human breath, only two have been isolated
and identified as important for attracting mosquitoes: carbon dioxide (CO2) and
octenol (1- OCTEN-3-OL). These attractants act as airborne attractants with a long
range and can be detected by mosquitoes at a distance of 30–40 m. At a short
distance, body heat, moisture and lactic acid act as attractants.
HOW YOUR MOSQUITO TRAP FUNCTIONS
The mosquito trap does the following:
• Emits the human attractants, such as breath, smell and body heat, which are irresis-
tible to female mosquitoes, attracting them to the trap.
• Converts LPG into heat, moisture and carbon dioxide, the primary mosquito attrac-
tants that are given off by humans.
• Releases octenol, a tried and tested attractant for mosquitoes and gnats, in the
carbon dioxide emission for maximum effect.
• Produces a powerful vacuum that pulls in the mosquitoes into a practical, removable
collector, where they quickly dry out and die. It is easy to empty the collector.
• Electronic microprocessor control.
• The mosquito trap does not use ultraviolet light or high-voltage current. Most im-
portant of all: the unit only attracts and kills female mosquitoes.
• The mosquito trap uses an exclusive platinum catalyst that converts air and LPG into
heat, moisture and carbon dioxide (CO
2
). It does this efficiently, effectively and econo-
mically. The catalyst conversion is completely safe and involves no naked flames.