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.
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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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Aedes albopictus
Asian tiger mosquito
cost and benefit
surveillance