Evaluation of carbon dioxide and 1-octen-3-ol as mosquito attractants.
CDC Light traps were used to study the attractant effect of CO2 and 1-octen-3-ol on trap catches of mosquito populations at three different locations in Malaysia. There was a significant increase in the number of mosquitos caught in traps baited with CO2 and CO2 with 1-octen-3-ol. The number of mosquitos caught in the CDC light trap and in the CDC light trap baited with 1-octen-3-ol alone were very few. 1-octen-3-ol and CO2 acted synergistically in attracting significantly greater numbers of Culex tritaeniorhynchus. However Anopheles sp. were not very attracted to light traps even with attractants added to them.
Division of Medical Entomology, Institute for Medical Research, Kula, Lumpur, Malaysia.
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D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003465:Culex / Q000502:physiology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000502:physiology*; D004463:Ecology; D007303:Insect Vectors; D000442:Octanols
D000442:Octanols; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C038844:1-octen-3-ol