Experiences with the Large-Scale Operation of the Biogents Sentinel™ Trap

Taryn N. Crepeau; Isik Unlu; Sean P. Healy; Ary Farajollahi; Dina M. Fonseca

doi:10.2987/12-6277r.1

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1 June 2013 Experiences with the Large-Scale Operation of the Biogents Sentinel™ Trap

Taryn N. Crepeau, Isik Unlu, Sean P. Healy, Ary Farajollahi, Dina M. Fonseca

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J. of the American Mosquito Control Association, 29(2):177-180 (2013). https://doi.org/10.2987/12-6277r.1

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We obtained 160 Biogents Sentinel™ traps (BGS-traps) to monitor adult mosquito populations for the Area-wide Pest Management Program for the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) in New Jersey. We deployed between 90 and 110 BGS-traps weekly from May through October of 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Here we detail our experience: challenges with acquisition, defects in construction, as well as actions taken to correct problems we found and preempt them in the future. Further, we describe the impact of these problems on our research and provide a cost analysis of repairs.

2013 by The American Mosquito Control Association, Inc.

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Taryn N. Crepeau, Isik Unlu, Sean P. Healy, Ary Farajollahi, and Dina M. Fonseca "Experiences with the Large-Scale Operation of the Biogents Sentinel™ Trap," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 29(2), 177-180, (1 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.2987/12-6277r.1

Published: 1 June 2013

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