Human Friendly Mosquito Control

When Lynn first introduced me to MozTrap, I was a little amazed, though was not interested as I did not think I would need it. However, somehow my conscience told me maybe someone would need it critically, especially family with children.

Lynn didn't seem to have any 1st hand information about the device. Obviously she had not study the device herself.   Out of curiosity and for the sake of own personal knowledge, we agreed to get one from her.  I would like to carry out my own observation to this device, before I could recommend it to others.

We are living in a very damp and humid country, mosquitoes related deceases such as dengue and malaria have always been a treat to our common health.  The government has been constantly warning the rakyat via various medias to eliminate all possible breeding sites. 

As the most civic minded and obedient citizen you could be, and you maybe successfully getting yourself  a "clean" and "clear" compound. However, this does not guarantee your life is free of any of the biting pests, because mosquitoes born in other areas will still fry to your place.

In the dengue prone areas, the health ministry is conducting mosquito spraying from time to time. Some private residential estates are also having own pest control program in order to cope with mosquito borne health problems.

The most common method of mosquito handling is the spraying of pyrethrin fog for indoor use and either thermal foggers or cold foggers for outdoor use.  Nevertheless, fogging normally comes with undesirable odors and residuals even after the fog has dissipated. Anyone with respiratory problem would find fogging a nuisance.

The name MozTrap implies its intended function---a device designed to trap mosquitoes, and kill them subsequently.  It is so far the "cleanest" mosquito killing device I know, as it utilizes small amount of carbon dioxide, heat and moisture released from photo-catalyst reaction besides hydrogen radicals (-OH) produced from irradiation of UV rays on TiO2 (titanium dioxide) plate and lining, as the magnet to lure mosquitoes---a photo-catalyst mosquito killer. Mosquitoes are sucked and caught into the net by strong swirled wind and dehydrated to die.

Besides serving its main purpose, this photo-catalyst mosquito trap also purifies air, kills harmful air borne bacteria and a has a unique deodorant effect.

There are few version of photo catalyst mosquitoes trap in the market.  The one introduced by Lynn was "doubled attractive" as it is "reinforced" with an attaching attractant, some sort of octenol. However, my experiment so far proven that MozTrap works without the bait. It was my intention to avoid dependency of the attaching attractant, as I believe no one likes long term consumables.

These are pictures of the trapped mosquitoes (all dehydrated to die) that I have collected on 2 different days, for the period of 3 hours, 6pm to 9pm.  The 1st picture shows collection on a windy and dry evening.  The 2nd picture shows collection on a still and humid evening.  The quantity of mosquitoes collected varies accordingly.