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Why use CO2?

Without CO2, the trap is mainly attractive for tiger mosquitoes which are active during the day.

But if you are bothered by mosquitoes in the evening, or if you live near flood areas, the reason for the nuisance is most probably not the tiger mosquito, but house or flood water mosquitoes. These other mosquito species need CO2 as an additional attractant.

Three flying different mosquito species with activity time icons: a brown house mosquito which is night active, a striped flood water mosquito for dawn/dusk, and a black and white striped tiger mosquito for day.

With CO2 you get them all!

Therefore, in this case, you should choose the trap version with CO2 (AERO TRAP PLUS), because by adding CO2 you get them all - no matter which mosquito species and no matter whether you are bothered during the day, evening or night!

The addition of CO2

lets you capture all types of mosquitoes & multiplies catch rates

Biogents AERO TRAP trap and Biogents SWEETSCENT attarctant sachet

Trap

Imitates a human being: Air currents, visual cues and artficial human scent attract mosquitoes, 24/7 in use

Biogents CO2 controller

Biogents CO2 CONTROL SET

To upgrade your trap with CO2 and to optimize the CO2 output.
With the CO2 CONTROL SET your AERO TRAP / BG-Mosquitaire trap becomes the same as a AERO TRAP PLUS / BG-Mosquitaire CO2 trap.

Two white gas cylinders, a large one with a valve and a smaller one, with text "NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONTENTS" on a blue banner.

CO2 gas bottle

CO2 is the most important attractant for the majority of blood-sucking insects (the gas bottle is not included)

A full catch cage

Attractive for all mosquitoes & increases catch rates

CO2 is a component of our breath.

It helps mosquitoes find us in their search for a blood meal from a relatively long distance and is therefore an attractant for all mosquito species.

Even more like a human being!

With the addition of CO2, the trap looks even more like a human to the mosquito:

With a special nozzle, the AERO TRAP PLUS / BG-Mosquitaire CO2 trap imitates HOW CO2 is released by a human, and a special regulator provides the proper AMOUNT of CO2.

Human silhouette emitting CO2 looks similar as a Biogents mosquito trap to the mosquito

Scientific studies show the effect of CO2!

CO2 and Biogents SWEETSCENT - an irresistible combination

CO2 and the attractant Biogents SWEETSCENT work together optimally: CO2 imitates breath and Biogents SWEETSCENT imitates human skin odor. The combination of both can significantly increase the traps' catch rate, also for tiger mosquitoes.

Bar chart showing that adding BG-Sweetscent and CO2 to a BG-Mosquitaire trap increases female Asian tiger mosquito catches from approximately 15 to 65 per 24 hours.

On the left: Results of a study that shows the effect of CO2 on Asian tiger mosquitoes: Catch rates can be multiplied when CO2 is added to the BG-Mosquitaire trap.

Source: Degener, C. et al. (2019): Field trials to evaluate the effectiveness of the Biogents Sweetscent lure in combination with several commercial mosquito traps and to assess the effectiveness of the Biogents Mosquitaire trap with and without carbon dioxide.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 35(1):32–39

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