File:Ovitrap-Ticino.jpg
Summary
An Ovitrap, a tool for the collection of eggs from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aedes_albopictus" title="Aedes albopictus">tiger mosquitoes</a>. In this case, an ovitrap type used for the monitoring of the Asian Tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The presence of the mosquitoes is detected through the eggs they lay on the wooden paddle or from larvae that hatch from these eggs in the laboratory. The brown granules in the water are a Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis preparation that will kill mosquito larvae that hatch in the ovitrap. Ovitraps are also used to monitor the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti.
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| current | 03:15, 7 January 2017 | | 400 × 341 (80 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | An <b>Ovitrap</b>, a tool for the collection of eggs from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aedes_albopictus" title="Aedes albopictus">tiger mosquitoes</a>. In this case, an ovitrap type used for the monitoring of the Asian Tiger mosquito <i>Aedes albopictus</i> in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The presence of the mosquitoes is detected through the eggs they lay on the wooden paddle or from larvae that hatch from these eggs in the laboratory. The brown granules in the water are a Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis preparation that will kill mosquito larvae that hatch in the ovitrap. Ovitraps are also used to monitor the yellow fever mosquito <i>Aedes aegypti</i>. |
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