Solar-Based Mosquito Trap for Household Purposes

A practical problem in the society has been taken as a challenging problem, and efforts are devoted to provide a solution to trap mosquitoes. Mosquitoes and other insects are attracted to a light source situated on top of the trap and are pulled through a rotating fan into a collapsible cage. The trap is lightweight and issuitable for field studies where electric power is unavailable since it operates on drycell batteries. Though different methods are available to reduce the mosquito population, a mosquito trap has been designed and developed in order to trap the mosquitoes in the present study. The major components of this trap are suction fan, blue light, trap, etc. The blue light is positioned such that it can attract mosquitoesin the current research. In order to enhance the capacity of mosquitoestrapping, a suction fan is installed ahead of the blue light. Based on the above principle, the developed trap can attract and trap the mosquitoes, and the results obtained from this trap are satisfactory.