Comparative assessment of a novel fan box trap for collecting Anopheles farauti and culicine mosquitoes alive in tropical north Queensland, Australia

During preliminary mosquito surveys at Cowley Beach Training Area in north Queensland, Australia, it was found that the utility of the standard encephalitis virus surveillance (EVS) trap for collecting the malaria vector Anopheles farauti (Laveran) adults was compromised by the harsh tropical conditions. With the aim of increasing the survival rate of mosquitoes, we designed a downdraft fan box trap (FBT) that incorporated a screened fan at the bottom of the trap, so mosquitoes did not have to pass through a fan. The FBT was tested against the EVS and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) light traps, where mosquitoes do pass through a fan, and a nonpowered passive box trap (PBT). We conducted four trials to compare the quantity and survival of An. farauti and culicine mosquitoes were collected in these traps. Although not significant, the FBT collected more An. farauti than the EVS trap and PBT and significantly less An. farauti than the CDC light trap. However, the FBT improved on the CDC..., Mosquito trapping experiments at Cowly Beach north Queensland., , # Comparative assessment of a novel fan box trap for collecting Anopheles farauti and culicine mosquitoes alive in tropical north Queensland, Australia

## Description of the data and file structure

File contains an Excel spreadsheet with the raw data for the mosquito trap comparisons at the Cowley Beach Training Area (CBTA) in Queensland Australia (17° 41' 35\" S, 146° 6' 40\" E) in 2015

Data includes mosquito trap collection comparisons for anophelines and culicines. Dates and collection numbers of the trapping experiment trials are presented. Traps included the Passive Box Trap (PBT), the Fan Box Trap (FBT) and the Encephalitis Virus Surveillance trap (EVS). Mosquito collection data are provided in three Excel sheets detailed below.

 Mosquito collection comparison:  

1\. Sheet 1: Mosquito trap collection comparisons. Trial 1 is EVS vs PBT and Trial 2 is EVS vs FBT

2\. Sheet 2: Mosquito trap collection comparisons for FBT, EVS and CDC traps over multiple sites

3\. Sheet 3: Mosq...