Experiences with the large-scale operation of the Biogents Sentinel trap.
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.
Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission, PO Box 162, Eatontown, NJ 07724, USA.
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D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009515:New Jersey