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Building A Better Mosquito Trap — One Scientist Thinks He's Done It

A researcher in Australia has invented a low-tech, insecticide-free trap that might be able to reduce bites from a particularly pesky mosquito in some neighborhoods.
A simple trap known as a GAT may help neighborhoods get rid of the Asian tiger mosquito, an aggressive biter.

A scientist in Australia has come up with an insecticide-free way to control a particularly pesky species of mosquito.

The approach involves two things: deploying a decidedly low-tech mosquito trap called a GAT and getting to know your neighbors.

GAT stands for Gravid Aedes Trap. Aedes is short for known colloquially as

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