With about $3.50 and an old tire, a doctor in Canada has come up with a mosquito trap that might dramatically cut down mosquito populations as part of an ongoing fight against infectious diseases like the Zika virus, a new study shows.
The innovative DIY trap, called an “ovillanta,” has been shown to capture almost seven times more eggs of the Zika-spreading Aedes mosquitoes when pitted against standard traps, known as ovitraps.