Field evaluation of two commercial mosquito traps baited with different attractants and colored lights for malaria vector surveillance in Thailand

Table 1 Total numbers of female mosquitoes collected from each tested trap configuration from both experiments conducted in Khun Huay, Mae Sot District, Tak Province, from June to December 2010

	Trap type	Tested attractant	Trap-night	Anopheles	An. minimus	Aedes	Culex	Others^a
Exp. I	CDC LT	CO₂	54	646	412	347	673	24
		BG-lure + CO₂	54	973	693	207	999	25
		BG-lure	54	409	230	11	82	7
	BGS Trap	CO₂	54	204	90	39	457	11
		BG-lure + CO₂	54	204	132	60	375	16
		BG-lure	54	41	15	16	248	5
Exp. II	CDC LT	Incandescent	48	585	189	2	25	48
		UV LED	48	448	127	10	23	20
		Green LED	48	298	79	6	5	21
		Red LED	48	410	168	6	6	11
	BGS Trap	Incandescent	48	96	34	49	24	31
		UV LED	48	81	12	10	41	73
		Green light stick	48	43	5	27	13	29
		Red light stick	48	27	3	36	26	27

^aOthers include mosquitoes in 5 genera (Armigeres, Downsiomyia, Lutzia, Uranotaenia and Mansonia)

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