Enkelejda Velo; Perparim Kadriaj; Kujtim Mersini; Ada Shukullari; Blerta Manxhari; Artan Simaku; Adrian Hoxha; Beniamino Caputo; Luca Bolzoni; Roberto Rosà; Silvia Bino; Paul Reiter; Alessandra della Torre

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Enkelejda Velo; Perparim Kadriaj; Kujtim Mersini; Ada Shukullari; Blerta Manxhari; Artan Simaku; Adrian Hoxha; Beniamino Caputo; Luca Bolzoni; Roberto Rosà; Silvia Bino; Paul Reiter; Alessandra della Torre Enhancement of Aedes albopictus collections by ovitrap and sticky adult trap…

Surveillance and monitoring of the species is thus an instrumental activity to be carried out to prevent infestation of new areas, to assess the risk of arbovirus transmission and to optimize control activities. Ovitrap is the simplest and most widely used monitoring device for Ae. albopictus, as well as of other container-breeding species such as Aedes aegypti, the major vector of yellow fever, dengue and Zika [3] .
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Enkelejda Velo; Perparim Kadriaj; Kujtim Mersini; Ada Shukullari; Blerta Manxhari; Artan Simaku; Adrian Hoxha; Beniamino Caputo; Luca Bolzoni; Roberto Rosà; Silvia Bino; Paul Reiter; Alessandra della Torre Enhancement of Aedes albopictus collections by ovitrap and sticky adult trap…

Ovitraps and sticky traps baited with hay infusion yielded significantly higher egg and adult catches than un-baited ones. A significant relationship between ovitrap and sticky trap catches was observed both in the absence and in the presence of attractants, with ovitrap catches increasing more than sticky trap catches at increasing adult female densities.
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Enkelejda Velo; Perparim Kadriaj; Kujtim Mersini; Ada Shukullari; Blerta Manxhari; Artan Simaku; Adrian Hoxha; Beniamino Caputo; Luca Bolzoni; Roberto Rosà; Silvia Bino; Paul Reiter; Alessandra della Torre Enhancement of Aedes albopictus collections by ovitrap and sticky adult trap…

Mosquito presence and abundance is indirectly estimated by counting eggs laid on the paddle or on the germination paper. Baiting ovitrap with hay-infusion has been shown to increase Ae. albopictus egg catches [5] – [6] . A more direct approach to monitor the same fraction of Ae. albopictus population monitored by ovitrap (i.e. oviposting females) is represented by sticky traps, which basically are ovitraps whose internal walls, or some internal additional structures, are lined with adhesive films to which the mosquitoes approaching the traps remained stuck [7] , [8] .
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