Monitoring of Blood-sucking Mosquitoes by Means of Homemade Electromechanical Light-emitting Diode Traps in Southern Ukraine

Abstract

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the problem of outbreaks of already known and new epidemics of vector-borne diseases transmitted by blood-sucking mosquitoes has emerged globally. Climate change in the context of globalization creates new opportunities for invasive vectors and pathogens. Therefore, monitoring of blood-sucking mosquito populations and finding effective methods for trapping vectors is of paramount importance in responding to these threats at a regional level in a timely manner. Experimental use of homemade electromechanical light-emitting diode (LED) traps aimed at imago trapping. Species were identified by morphological determinants. The confidence interval limits for the general proportion of the species were determined (probability P=0,95).