title: Effects of Biogents Sentinel Trap field placement on capture rates of adult Asian tiger mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus.
abstract: The Biogents® Sentinel (BGS) trap is the standard tool to monitor adult Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian tiger mosquito. BGS traps are commonly placed in residential properties during surveillance operations, but locations within properties may have significant differences in ambient light, temperature, and humidity (e.g. between a sunlit lawn and shady underbrush). We examined the effect of BGS trap placement on Ae. albopictus capture rates in three residential properties in Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA. In each property we visually selected locations as shade, partial shade, and sun. Traps in "partial shade" locations were under vegetation and were exposed to filtered sunlight during some parts of the day while "shaded" locations were never exposed to direct sunlight. Locations defined as "sun" were exposed to direct sunlight for large parts of the day. We placed a BGS trap in each of the three location types and used small data loggers to measure temperature, relative humidity, and light exposure at each trap during a 24-hour deployment. To address temporal variability, we made seven separate measurements from 31 August to 22 September 2010. We found that "partial shade" and "full shade" locations did not differ but that "full sun" locations had significantly higher light exposure, higher temperature, and lower humidity. Importantly, Ae. albopictus catches (males, females, or both) were consistently and significantly over 3 times higher in traps located in shaded locations. To further investigate the effects of local temperature and humidity on surveillance we examined Ae. albopictus collections from 37 BGS traps fitted with data loggers and deployed weekly from August through mid October, during the 2009 season, in three urban sites in Mercer County, NJ. We confirmed that local climate influences capture rates and that Ae. albopictus surveillance projects need to monitor trap placement carefully for maximum efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission, Eatontown, New Jersey, United States of America.
authors.forename: Taryn N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Crepeau
authors.forename: Sean P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bartlett-Healy
authors.forename: Isik
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Unlu
authors.forename: Ary
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farajollahi
authors.forename: Dina M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fonseca
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006813:Humidity; D008297:Male; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013472:Sunlight; D013696:Temperature
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