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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
Why do mosquito traps have to be so expensive?
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Hello Michaelangelica,
I worked at an environmental resort once that had a network of solar powered CO2 mosquito traps. You might be a bit mistaken if you think that the traps are used for direct mosquito control purposes as opposed to identifying which areas required further treatment.
I would regularly talk to the Pest Control worker who would take the plastic cannisters from the traps to the local council for automatic counting and identification.
The main mosquito controls used was the continuous treatment of pools of water to sterilise, not kill, the mosquito larvae along with localised fogging in areas when things became unbearable 7 days after rain.
The machines are expensive because they are used as scientific survey instruments, not killing machines.
