RU132316U1 - Mosquito trap - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a device for catching flying bloodsucking dipterans (mosquitoes), which are carriers of the causative agents of many vector-borne infectious diseases of humans (arbovirus infections, tularemia, malaria, etc.). The mosquito trap contains a container with a constriction for the collected mosquitoes, a funnel-shaped bottom with a hole protruding into the middle. The lower part of the tank is darkened, and the bottom inlet is closed with a cotton-gauze plug. The use of this device allows you to catch female mosquitoes to study the species composition and laboratory research. This trap can be used when counting the number of mosquitoes by A.V. Gutsevich - "on himself." Also, the trap can be used indoors when collecting mosquitoes from the walls and ceiling. 1 of FIG.

Description

The utility model relates to traps for collecting blood-sucking diptera insects (primarily mosquitoes), and is intended to capture live insects, excluding their injury, with the subsequent determination of species.

The utility model can be used in medicine, epizootology, parasitology, disinfectology and epidemiology in order to determine indicators of the epidemiological hazard of the territory, as well as during research work in the field of entomology and biogeocenology.

Known autonomous trap-complex for collecting ticks and mosquitoes (RU 2459409, А01М 1/02, 08/27/2012). The trap contains a trolley with two platforms, a battery, a reversing fan, a tube with attractant for attracting ticks, a tube with attractant for attracting mosquitoes, a vibrator and receiving drives for insects.

A device for catching insects is known (RU 121698, А01М 1/00, 11/10/2012). The device includes: a telescopic hollow rod, a suction bell, an insect collection container, a handle, a fan, a power button and a power source, a flap check valve is installed between the insect collection container and the fan, and the insect collection container is made in the form of a sleeve of mesh material, worn with one end on the fan casing and the other end on the bar.

The disadvantage of the models described above is their high cost, cumbersomeness, the complexity of manufacturing and operation, as well as energy consumption and uneconomical. They do not ensure the safety of insects necessary to determine their species.

The insect trap (RU 2289243, А01М 1/02; А01М 5/04, 12/20/2006), is intended for the effective capture of harmful insects. The disadvantage of this trap is that it does not provide species-specific trapping. Another disadvantage of the trap is the complexity of its manufacture.

A device for capturing insects (RU 2053669, A01M1 / 14, 02/10/1996) is known, which is intended for collecting flies, mosquitoes and other insects. The trap is a container with an adhesive and an attractant. The use of the device is limited by the conditions of temperature and humidity, and is intended more for industrial premises, which makes it impossible to use them in nature and to catch mosquitoes. It is also difficult to further determine the caught mosquitoes to a species after removing them from the adhesive mass.

A known trap for capturing insects (RU 2127050 C1, А01М 1/14, 03/10/1999), which functions passively. It is used in decorative gardening, greenhouses and greenhouses to catch flying insects with glue applied to the surface of the trap, species of whiteflies or thrips, attracting the color with the dominant wavelength. The device has limited functions and is not effective for catching mosquitoes.

Known trap for accounting for insects (RU 2454072 C2, A01M 1/10; A01M 5/02, June 27, 2012). The trap can be used to study the species composition of insects and their migration. The disadvantage of this device is that only land and soil insects are collected, and mosquitoes cannot be collected and recorded.

The trap for flying insects (RU 2093026 C1, А01М 1/02, 10/20/1997), contains a receiving container filled with soapy water, made as a part of a torus with supports, guiding a truncated cone with a lid at its smaller base and a device for luring insects. The disadvantage is that the trap is used to exterminate flies and mosquitoes in living quarters, and is not suitable for counting in open biotopes.

The closest in technical essence and the achieved result to the claimed invention is hunting tubes (Golub VB, Tsurikov MN, Prokin AA. Insect collections: collection, processing and storage of material. - M.: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK - 339 s, 224 ill.). The test tube (according to Fasulati, 1971) is a glass cylinder with a bottom, in which there is a hole that flows into the middle. The upper part of the tube is closed with a rubber stopper. The disadvantage of the prototype is the fragility of the structure (glass), the small capacity of the test tube (up to 50 pieces of mosquitoes), a small diameter of the trapping surface, which together makes it difficult to collect mosquitoes. The device is not commercially available, and self-production is very difficult.

The purpose of the utility model is to develop a device for collecting mosquitoes that is not easy to manufacture and use from generally accessible materials and does not lead to their death or deformation.

The technical result consists in increasing the efficiency of mosquito collection according to the method of A.V. Gutsevich - “on himself”, by increasing the area of the hunting surface and the volume of the device’s capacity, as well as increasing the reliability of the device’s operation.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that in the inventive trap for mosquitoes, including a cylindrical container with a bottom having a hole extending into the middle, according to a utility model, the capacity is made of a 0.5 liter plastic bottle with a constriction, the lower conical part of which contains a funnel-shaped removable bottom with a hole protruding into the middle and closed with a cotton-gauze plug, while the lower part of the container is darkened and coincides with the diameter of the funnel-shaped bottom.

The essence of the utility model is illustrated in the drawing. The figure shows a General view of the proposed trap. The mosquito trap includes: a container 1 with a constriction for collected insects, a funnel-shaped bottom with an opening protruding into the middle of the darkened cone-shaped lower part of the container 4 and a cotton-gauze plug 5.

For the manufacture of traps for insects, a plastic bottle with a capacity of 0.5 l with a constriction is used. The neckline is cut, turned over and inserted with a funnel-shaped bottom outward, the cut line passes between the neck and the constriction. The conical bottom freely enters the tank and leaves no gap, since the base of the bottom completely coincides with the diameter of the tank for caught mosquitoes. The constriction prevents the funnel from falling into the tank.

Thus, a mosquito trap is a container for caught insects with an inlet in its lower part. The lower part of the trap is darkened, for example with a dark insulating tape along the edge to a width of 3-5 cm.

Use the inventive trap as follows.

The capture of female mosquitoes in humans is carried out according to the method of A.V. Gutsevich - "on himself." A mosquito sitting on a person is covered with the bottom of the trap and is in the cavity of the bottom. The bottom has a funnel-shaped appearance with a hole protruding into the middle. Such a bottom structure leads to an increase in the area of the hunting surface and contributes to the effective capture of insects at the landing site and the direction of their movement in the desired direction. The darkening of the lower part facilitates the rapid penetration of mosquitoes into the light inside the trap. Thus, the mosquito trap works like a “top”, preventing the caught mosquitoes from leaving its internal cavity. At the end or during a break in the collection of mosquitoes, the hole is closed with a cotton-gauze plug. No more than 200 specimens are collected in each trap. mosquitoes. Removing the collected material is not difficult and does not take much time. Insects are immobilized, then a funnel-shaped bottom is removed from the tank and mosquitoes are removed. Before reusing traps, they are thoroughly washed and ventilated. Traps are washed with any detergent or disinfectant that is not toxic to mosquitoes.

The inventive device allows you to collect non-injured insects, which ensures the determination of their species and analysis of the material for samples for further laboratory research and diagnosis of pathogens of natural focal infectious diseases. The trap improves the capture of female mosquitoes in humans by the method of A.V. Gutsevich - “on himself”, with the subsequent calculation of the number and activity of an attack on a person;

The trap, in addition to using the “on-site” method, can also be used when collecting mosquitoes from walls and ceilings in rooms. The design of the trap is easy to use and implement, at low material and labor costs it is possible to produce the number of traps necessary for work. The trap is made of unbreakable material (a plastic bottle) and is convenient to use, which is important when using it in the field.

Claims (1)

A mosquito trap containing a cylindrical container with a bottom having a hole extending into the middle, characterized in that the container is made of a 0.5 liter plastic bottle with a constriction, the lower conical part of which contains a funnel-shaped removable bottom with a hole protruding into the middle and closing cotton-gauze plug, while the lower part of the tank is darkened and coincides with the diameter of the funnel-shaped bottom.

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