A Comparison of the Efficacy of Several Models of Mosquito Magnet ® Traps Baited with Lurex3 versus Commercially Available Traps Supplied with

compared using a Latin square test design. The Mosquito Magnet ® Professional and Mosquito Magnet ® Liberty Plus, both utilizing Lurex3 ™ as the secondary attractant, performed significantly better than all other traps tested for collecting Total Culicidae (p < 0.08). All Mosquito Magnet® products utilizing Lurex3 ™ collected significantly more Aedes albopictus than the Coleman MD-2500 that used Octenol (p < 0.01). Mosquito traps have been used to monitor mosquito populations and to help in general research for over 50 years (Schreck et al. 1970). The traps that were typically used required an external power source and the use of a Carbon dioxide tank plus light and sometimes Octenol to attract mosquitoes (Kline 2002). Some species such as the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, are extremely difficult to collect (Jensen et al. 1994). This mosquito also proved to be a relatively fast spreading, voracious daytime biter, making it one of the lead pest species in areas where it has established (Moore et al. 1988). This study was designed to compare the efficacy of a new mosquito attractant developed to specifically target Aedes albopictus. Five commercially available mosquito traps were evaluated in this study (Table 1). The testing was conducted in Oahu, Hawaii, in a local botanical garden. Individual trap sites wer