North Carolina State University

The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund

Loganathan Ponnusamy

Charles S Apperson

Dawn Wesson

Coby Schal

Ning Xu

Christopher J Hoffmann

A mosquito trap includes a container having an open end and a composition positioned in the container. The composition comprises at least one active agent. The mosquito trap also includes an enclosure protruding above the open end of the container. The enclosure includes an opening to access an interior of the enclosure and the open end of the container, and at least one active agent.

Mosquito trap

Provided are compositions for attracting and/or stimulating oviposition. The compositions comprise a suitable carrier and a bacterium capable of producing nonanoic acid, tetradecanoic acid, or methyl tetradecanoate;; a supernatant of a culture of any of the these bacteria; nonanoic acid; tetradecanoic acid; or methyl tetradecanoate, or any combination thereof, at a concentration effective to attract the mosquito to a target. The compositions may be comprised within a kit or trap. Also provided are methods of attracting mosquitoes to a target.

Mosquito attractant compositions and methods

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Loganathan Ponnusamy