Conventional trapping methods for biting arthropods (mosquitoes, sandflies, midges, ticks) mostly obtain carbon dioxide from dry ice or compressed gas cylinders. We studied reactions of several different dry compounds, in aqueous solution, to deliver measured and sustained carbon dioxide release over 16-24 hours. The reaction and engineered control release device enables effective and efficient disease vector trapping in situations where it is difficult to obtain or transport dry ice or gas cylinders.
Species 1: Acari Ixodidae Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged tick)
Species 2: Diptera Culicidae Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)
Species 3: Diptera Culicidae Culex
Keywords: vector surveillance, mosquito control
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