ovitrap

ovitrap

English

Etymology

ovi- +‎ trap

Noun

ovitrap (plural ovitraps)

1. A device that resembles the preferred breeding site of mosquitoes, used to attract them and capture their eggs in scientific studies.
   • 2015 December 19, “Seasonal Synchronization of Diapause Phases in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0145311:

     The seasonal pattern of egg laying activity of a French Mediterranean population of the Asian tiger mosquito was monitored weekly for 2 years with ovitraps.

Related terms

• ovistrip

Anagrams

• optivar