Positioning of your outdoor suction trap
BG-Mosquitaire trap – with and without CO2
The BG-Mosquitaire trap protects an area of about 300 m² in your garden. If you use the CO2 version of the trap, you protect an area of about 700 m². However, please note that these are only guidelines, as the actual protected area also depends on other factors such as the occurrence of mosquitoes and the layout of the garden.
Testing different locations - when and how

- It is recommended to try different positions for a few days. A few meters can have a huge impact. The traps need about a week to show an effect.
- For an effective and sustainable mosquito control, the trap must run continuously (24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for several weeks). The trap has a very low power consumption of 5 watts.
- Set up the trap as soon as temperatures rise above 15° C as early as possible at the beginning of the mosquito season
Placement Example
The trap should stand protected, but still be clearly visible:

Tips for a good placement
Mosquitoes should be caught where they rest during the day. These places are characterized by the following factors. Please note: our outdoor products are all rainproof.
PLEASE NOTE: CHECK FOR BREEDING SITES
You should also make sure that mosquitoes aren't breeding right in your yard. Check for any standing water that could serve as a mosquito breeding site.
Look for buckets, open garbage cans, tires, plastic pipes or anything else that might hold even a small amount of water. If possible, check weekly to eliminate all sources of standing water.
If water accumulation is unavoidable, you can look for a safe, biological larvicide (e.g. BTI) that you can add to the water.
How to find the best spot?
For the placement of the trap there is a very simple technique to find the appropriate resting place of the tiger mosquitoes in your garden.
We invite you to visit the shaded areas of your garden in the hot hours of the day between 12 and 2 pm and spend a few minutes in each place, especially at the edges of your garden and near the neighbors.
There is a shady place where mosquitoes are particularly abundant and you will be bitten quickly. There you need to place the trap, keeping a minimum distance of 5 meters from the area to be protected, even if the distance from the house is greater.
It is more effective to block them directly at the resting place than to let them invade the garden.
The same principle applies to other mosquito species, except that they are active at other times of the day. You can follow the same steps, but at dusk.

Do you have any questions?
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