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(v .4.1)
Indoor use (do not add CO
2
):
It is important that the trap is not placed in front of, or close to, backgrounds with a lot of contrast
(e.g. in front of a book shelf) because the trap works with a black and white contrast as a visual
stimulus and the mosquitoes could be distracted from the trap.
A good position would be for example in front of the window.
The trap is a competitor to human beings. To optimize results, leave the trap constantly running
even if no humans are present in the room/house for a while.
Leave interior doors open to allow the mosquitoes to find the trap.
3 Handling of the trap
Switching off the trap:
If for some reason you want to switch off the trap, you need to remove and close the catch bag
in use at the time.
This is because the funnel net only makes it difficult for the mosquitoes to escape but not
impossible. Only a running fan ensures that the mosquitoes can not escape from the catch bag.
⇒
Always remove the catch bag before switching off the trap!
Removing the catch bag
When you are replacing a full catch bag by a new one (following steps 1 to 4) you should leave
the fan running.
1.
The black catch pipe should be placed loosely in the suction tube so that it can easily be
lifted (i.e. the white gauze cover should be stretched over the trap before the catch pipe
is inserted into the suction tube when assembling)
⇓
2.
Lift the catch pipe approx. 10cm straight upwards always keeping the catch bag in the
air suction (
Fig. 3
)
⇓
3.
Carefully loosen the catch bag from the catch pipe and at the same time pull the cord
of the catch bag to close it tightly (
Fig. 4
)
⇓
4.
Pull out the funnel net and now you can remove the closed catch bag
(
Fig. 5
)
For further use of the insects (e.g. identification/classification) it is best to put them into a freezer.
