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Trapping larval and adult mosquitoes

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For this step, we join Dr Victor Brugman as he discusses trapping of both adult and larval mosquitoes. The feeding, resting and egg laying behaviours of mosquitoes as well as their host preferences and abilities to locate hosts can all be exploited in order to trap them. Dr Brugman will discuss several types of mosquito trap, many of which are species specific.

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