IN2CARE® MOSQUITO TRAPS

How Does In2Care® Work?

The In2Care® Mosquito Trap is made of durable plastic and uses water with an odor lure to attract egg-laying Aedes mosquitoes. Once inside, mosquitoes contact the specially treated gauze near the water surface and get contaminated with a larvicide and a fungus. The traps then exploit the fact that Aedes like to divide their eggs over multiple sites; by letting them fly out carrying the larvicide on their legs.

They then transport the larvicide and contaminate several breeding sites around the Trap. In this way, the In2Care® Mosquito Trap can kill larvae in small and hard to find breeding sources that traditional mosquito control methods may miss. The mosquito also gets infected with an insect specific fungus that kills her before she can spread disease.

Environmentally Friendly Solution

The In2Care® Mosquito Trap deploys an Environmental Protection Agency approved fungus that kills the mosquito several days after infection.  The Traps deploy a small dose of bioactive mixture in an enclosed container that is specifically attractive to mosquitoes. Tiny amounts of larvicide will get spread to other breeding sites which is enough to kill mosquito larvae but not enough to cause risk for fish or mammals. In this way, the Traps offer an effective mosquito control option without drastic use of chemicals in the entire environment.