Maintenance; Nets; What The Bg-Sentinel Can Do - Biogents BG-sentinel Manual

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7 Maintenance

Nets

All nets must be kept clean! In case they have to be cleaned, wash them (by hand or machine)
with unperfumed soap to avoid odour contamination!
Any dirt or dust can clogg the pores of the nets and hinder the air flow.
If the catch bag is damaged or torn it should be replaced, as the mosquitoes are able to escape.
Extra catch bags, replacement sets and other accessories can be purchased from your supplier.

8 What the BG-Sentinel can do

Independent scientific studies demonstrate that the BG-Sentinel is the most effective trap for the
Yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti and the Tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus, even without the
addition of CO .
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No CO is necessary when the BG-Sentinel is used to catch Aedes aegypti, Aedes polynesiensis
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Aedes albopictus, Culex species such as Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex pipiens and other
insects such as housefly, stablefly and fruitfly.
However, for these mosquito species catch results improve when CO
addition of CO , also other mosquito species (e.g. Ochlerotatus, Aedes vexans, Aedes cinereus,
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Anopheles, Coquillettidia) and other blood seeking insects as for example black flies
(Simuliidae) or no-see-ums (Ceratopogonidae) can be captured.
Aedes aegypti (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
50
45
Summer 2003
40
N=20
35
30
30
25
20
15
10
5 2
0
BG-Sentinel MosquitoMagnet
(without CO2) Liberty (only with
CO2)
The BG-Sentinel
is very light (1,2 kg)
•
can easily be folded together to a height of 10 cm which makes it very easy to
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transport and carry around. Even when it is unfolded to its usability size of 40cm
height it is still handy and light for carrying.
can easily be assembled – no tools are needed and it takes no more than five
•
minutes. It is then very easy to use.
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Aedes albopictus (Gainesville, Floride, USA)
80
70
60
50
40
29
30
20
10
0
BG-Sentinel BG-Sentinel (w ith
(w ithout CO2)
is added. With the
70
Summer 2005
N=15
14
CDC (w ith CO2)
CO2)
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