Mastodawn

Recharged my gravid Aedes traps (GATs) with water that was infested with mosquitoes. This will likely increase their catch rate substantially because mosquitoes love to lay eggs in water that already has mosquitoes. But don't worry, I plopped in a bit of a Mosquito Dunk into each one so nothing will be maturing to adulthood. PLUS these traps are designed with screening on the top part, so even if adults emerged they couldn't get out. They are made by Biogents (Regensburg, Germany). #mosquitos #aedes #biogents

ghis Jul 11, 2025

Piège à moustique biogent

https://peertube.ghis94.ovh/w/qRN6hJzKHsc6s1mhmWaNcr

Piège à moustique biogent

PeerTube

Rafa Font 🌻 🇪🇺 🏀Jan 23, 2024

Kunfunadho, a tropical island resort in #Maldives 🇲🇻 has been free from mosquitos for months

Using #insecticides, so many insects were killed that local fruit and vegetable gardens were in trouble: no pollinators

Then, they switched to traps. #Mosquito disappeared

This is the work of Bart Knols, a European specialist in mosquito control. Traps by European manufacturer #Biogents

It's possible to counter the mosquito using existing tools and without insecticide

More: https://europeanperspective.substack.com/p/the-european-offensive-against-mosquitos

The European offensive against mosquitos

Kostas and the Sterile Male Insect - Part two

The European Perspective

Rafa Font 🌻 🇪🇺 🏀Jan 16, 2024

How to kill mosquitos? Use traps. Meet European #mosquito trap maker #Biogents

20y ago, researchers struggled to capture mosquitos. At Univ. of #Regensburg they started to research attractants, design better traps, and found Biogents

Today, their traps are the standard in research

1st picture: wind tunnel to test attractants for trap prototypes

2nd picture, mosquitos captured in a sticky paper of an "ovitrap", luring females to lay eggs there

Want to know more?

https://europeanperspective.substack.com/p/the-european-offensive-against-mosquitos