Introduction, Features of mega-catch premier mosquito trap – Mega Catch Premier MCP800 User Manual
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Introduction
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Mosquitoes have been described as the most dangerous creatures on Earth.
Aedes mosquitoes may carry yellow fever and dengue fever. Culex mosquitoes may carry several
strains of encephalitis (including St. Louis Encephalitis, Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West
Nile Virus), and Anopheles mosquitoes may carry malaria.
Male mosquitoes do not bite. The real risk is from female mosquitoes which bite when in search
of blood to provide protein for their eggs.
Scientific research over the past 50 years has shown that female mosquitoes find their prey
using a combination of sensory cues including light, shape, color, heat, vibration, sweat and
other by-products of human activity.
Using that research and with the benefit of extensive field testing (including tests by the United
States Department of Agriculture in Gainesville, Florida), Mega-Catch has developed one of
the worlds most advanced mosquito traps: the Mega-Catch PREMIER Mosquito Trap.
Features of Mega-Catch PREMIER Mosquito Trap
The Mega-Catch PREMIER Mosquito Trap has been designed for indoor or outdoor use.
(NOTE: when operating the PREMIER Trap indoors, remove the Mega-Catch Octenol Fragrance
Strip.)
The PREMIER can operate unattended for long periods. It can be programmed to start and stop
according to peak mosquito activity in your area. It features an electronically controlled diode
lighting system that produces intermittent light at oscillating frequencies selected to coincide
with spectral sensitivity peaks for many mosquito species. It also features a low-intensity U.V.
or black light bulb.
Mosquitoes attracted to the PREMIER by visual and other cues seek to land on and probe
specially designed surfaces and enter the Trap where they are collected in the Catch Bag or
Liquid Catch Container.