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1 June 2017 Effect of CO2 Concentration on Mosquito Collection Rate Using Odor-Baited Suction Traps
Lee McPhatter, Alec C. Gerry
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Abstract

Carbon dioxide (CO2) has been used for decades to enhance capture of host-seeking mosquitoes when released in association with traps commonly used by mosquito and vector control agencies. However, there is little published work evaluating the effect of altering CO2 release rates relative to the number of mosquitoes captured in these traps. This study investigated how varying CO2 concentration altered the mosquito collection rate at a freshwater wetlands in southern California. Host-seeking mosquitoes were captured in CDC-style traps baited with one of six CO2 release rates ranging from 0–1,495 ml/min from gas cylinders. Species captured were Aedes vexans, Anopheles franciscanus, An. hermsi, Culex erythrothorax, and Cx. tarsalis. A biting midge, Culicoides sonorensis, was also captured. For all species, increasing CO2 release rates resulted in increasing numbers of individual females captured, with the relative magnitude of this increase associated to some extent with known feeding preferences of these species. We found that variation in CO2 release rate can significantly alter mosquito capture rates, potentially leading to imprecise estimates of vector activity if the relationship of CO2 release rate to mosquito capture rate is not considered.

Lee McPhatter and Alec C. Gerry "Effect of CO2 Concentration on Mosquito Collection Rate Using Odor-Baited Suction Traps," Journal of Vector Ecology 42(1), 44-50, (1 June 2017). https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12238
Received: 4 August 2016; Accepted: 1 November 2016; Published: 1 June 2017
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KEYWORDS
Anopheles
Culex
Culicoides
host-seeking
mosquito trap
surveillance
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