Yeast-Generated CO2 as a Convenient Source of Carbon Dioxide for Adult Mosquito Sampling

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2004

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

261-264

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Yahuhide Saitoh, Junko Hattori, Shiro Chinone, Naoko Nihel, Yoshio Tsuda, Hiromu Kurahashi, Mutsuo Kobayashi

 

Abstract

A new, convenient method was developed to supply CO2 for mosquito sampling by using yeast,which converts sugar into CO2 and ethyl alcohol. The system could, at average, generate 32.4 ml/min of CO2for at least 27 h. The total weight of the CO2 generated was estimated to be 94 g. The efficacy of yeast-generatedCO2 as attractant for mosquitoes was significant, and the following 6 mosquito species were collected usingyeast-generated CO2 traps from July to September 2003 in a residential area of southern and northern YokohamaCity, Japan: Aedes albopictus (Skuse), Armigeres subalbatus (Coquillett), Culex halifaxii Theobald, Cx. pipienspallens Coquillett, Ochlerotatus japonicus (Theobald), and Tripteroides bambusa (Yamada). Besides...

Notes

Author(s) - Yahuhide Saitoh, Junko Hattori, Shiro Chinone, Naoko Nihel, Yoshio Tsuda, Hiromu Kurahashi, Mutsuo Kobayashi