Field performance of a low cost, simple-to-build, non-motorized light-emitting diode (LED) trap for capturing adult Anopheles mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Silva, Francinaldo Soares; Costa-Neta, Benedita Maria; Almeida, Mayara de Sousa de; Araújo, Eudimara Carvalho de; Aguiar, João Vitor Castro

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.10.014

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“…In fact, several researches demonstrate the effectiveness of light as an attractant both for Pyralidae ( Kanno et al 1985 , Loganathan et al 2001 , Sambaraju and Phillips 2008 ) and other Lepidoptera families like Crambidae ( Keszthelyi and Sáringer 2003 , Haihua et al 2016 ), and Hyblaeidae ( Loganathan et al 2001 ). Light traps are already widely used to capture Diptera like Chironomidae ( van Grunsven et al 2014 ), Culicidae ( Burkett et al 1998 , Silva et al 2019b ), Psychodidae Phlebotominae ( Cohnstaedt et al 2008 , da Silva et al 2019a ), and other 14 families ( Ndengué et al 2019 ). Moreover, this light trap has already been tested on other orders, like Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) ( Mangan and Chapa 2013 ).…”

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Light Traps in Shipping Containers: A New Tool for the Early Detection of Insect Alien Species

Marchioro

Battisti

Faccoli

2020

Journal of Economic Entomology

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Insects are one of the most successful groups of invasive species, and the number of new introductions has been increasing in the last decades. Insect invasions are affected mainly by the increase in international trade, as most of them travel across the world inside shipping containers. The effectiveness of sticky light traps was tested for the interception of alien pests inside the containers. The tested hypotheses were that light traps have a valuable broad-spectrum attraction and their trapping performance differs between empty or loaded containers. The optimal trap density in a container was also investigated. Trapping tests were conducted on four model species: Cadra cautella Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Drosophila melanogaster Meigen (Diptera: Drosophilidae), Sitophilus zeamais, Motschulsky and Ips typographus L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Insects were released within a standard shipping container, in either empty or loaded conditions, where sticky light traps were deployed for 15 h. Traps were tested with light on (activated) or off (control). Activated traps captured more Lepidoptera and Diptera than control ones, with no differences between empty and loaded container. Instead, Coleoptera were rarely caught, probably because of their ability to escape from traps. Results show that higher trap density in the container (from 1 to 8) increases the probability of insect capture. In conclusion, positive results on C. cautella and D. melanogaster suggest a possible application of sticky light traps against some small Lepidoptera and Diptera species flying in containers and infesting seeds, grains, and fruits, while traps need improvement for application against beetles.

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Light Traps in Shipping Containers: A New Tool for the Early Detection of Insect Alien Species

Marchioro

Battisti

Faccoli

2020

Journal of Economic Entomology

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“…The results showed that the LED light traps attracted these two insect pests more, whereas the catch number for their natural enemies was considerably decreased compared with use of a control trap with a fluorescent lamp . A Silva trap with LEDs (470 nm, 15 000 mcd, 20–30°, 20 mA, 3.2 V) used outdoors attracted more anopheline mosquitoes compared with the commercial CDC light trap with an incandescent bulb (4 W, 6,3 V, CM‐47) . In addition, the total number of mosquitoes ( Culex spp.)…”

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“…13 A Silva trap with LEDs (470 nm, 15 000 mcd, 20-30 ∘ , 20 mA, 3.2 V) used outdoors attracted more anopheline mosquitoes compared with the commercial CDC light trap with an incandescent bulb (4 W, 6,3 V, CM-47). 61 In addition, the total number of mosquitoes (Culex spp.) captured using a light trap equipped with UV LEDs in the field was higher than the number of individuals captured with a CDC light trap with an incandescent bulb, a light trap with white LEDs and a trap baited with yeast-generated CO 2 .…”

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Advances in insect phototaxis and application to pest management: a review

Kim

Huang

Lei

2019

Pest Management Science

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Many insects, especially nocturnal insects, exhibit positive phototaxis to artificial lights. Light traps are currently used to monitor and manage insect pest populations, and play a crucial role in physical pest control. Efficient use of light traps to attract target insect pests is an important topic in the application of integrated pest management (IPM). Phototactic responses of insects vary among species, light characteristics and the physiological status of the insects. In addition, light can cause several biological responses, including biochemical, physiological, molecular and fitness changes in insects. In this review, we discuss several hypotheses on insect phototaxis, factors affecting insect phototaxis, insect‐sensitive wavelengths, biological responses of insects to light, and countermeasures for conserving beneficial insects and increasing the effect of trapping. In addition, we provide information on the different sensitivities to wavelengths causing positive phototactic behavior in > 70 insect pest and beneficial insect species. The use of advanced light traps equipped with superior light sources, such as light‐emitting diodes (LEDs), will make physical pest control in IPM more efficient. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry

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“…The Sentinel Mosquito Arbovirus Capture Kit (SMACK), using a CO 2 attractant, identified Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus in samples collected from North Queensland, Australia, and collected hundreds of mosquitoes (Johnson et al 2015). A more recent design of a host-seeking passive trap is the Silva trap (Silva et al 2019). This trap features an ultraviolet light source with a collection chamber; however, no suction fan, which, when tested, performed as well as a CDC-LT (Silva et al 2019).…”

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Development and Validation of a Three-Dimensional Printed Multifunctional Trap for Surveillance of Mosquitoes

Reinbold-Wasson¹,

Reiskind²

2021

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

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An essential component of vector-borne disease monitoring programs is mosquito surveillance. Surveillance efforts employ various collection traps depending on mosquito species and targeted life-history stage, i.e., eggs, larvae, host-seeking, resting, or gravid adults. Surveillance activities often use commercial traps, sometimes modified to accept specific mosquito species attractants. The advent of widely available and affordable 3D printing technology allows the construction of novel trap designs and components. The study goal was to develop and assess a cost-effective, multipurpose, 6-volt mosquito trap integrating features of both host-seeking and gravid mosquito traps to collect undamaged live specimens: a multifunctional mosquito trap (MMT). We tested the MMT in comparison to commercial traps, targeting gravid Aedes albopictus, host-seeking Ae. albopictus, and total number of host-seeking mosquitos regardless of species. Field evaluations found the MMT performed as well as or better than comparable commercial traps. This project demonstrates an easy to construct, inexpensive, and versatile mosquito trap, potentially useful for surveying multiple mosquito species and other hematophagous insects by varying attractants into the MMT.

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Field performance of a low cost, simple-to-build, non-motorized light-emitting diode (LED) trap for capturing adult Anopheles mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Cited by 14 publications

References 23 publications

Light Traps in Shipping Containers: A New Tool for the Early Detection of Insect Alien Species

Light Traps in Shipping Containers: A New Tool for the Early Detection of Insect Alien Species

Advances in insect phototaxis and application to pest management: a review

Development and Validation of a Three-Dimensional Printed Multifunctional Trap for Surveillance of Mosquitoes

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