ovitrap
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ovitrap (plural ovitraps)
- A device that resembles the preferred breeding site of mosquitoes, used to attract them and capture their eggs in scientific studies.
- 2015 December 19, “Seasonal Synchronization of Diapause Phases in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The seasonal pattern of egg laying activity of a French Mediterranean population of the Asian tiger mosquito was monitored weekly for 2 years with ovitraps.