The Skeeter Deleter

Jar with something to attract and trap mosquitos + Lid that lets them into the jar but not out.

Dylan James Carr

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A 3-D printable Jar & + Lid and some method of attracting the mosquitoes into it, trapping & killing them.

The Jars could then be washed and reused. Could be applied anywhere these insects are a pest or a danger to the population. In extreme cases the jar could be upgraded to an aquarium with the same design concept.

Place multiple in an area and you could put a serious dent in the mosquito population.

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Dylan James Carr • 07/29/2015 at 16:52 • 0 comments

What could be used to attract mosquitoes strongly enough that they would crawl inside the jar?
The two things that immediately pop into my head are chemical traces of either a food source or a potential mate. There are a number of mosquito lures that you can order as replacements for existing mosquito traps so that is where I'll start my research.
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Dylan James Carr • 07/29/2015 at 16:49 • 0 comments

A bit of light googling revealed that this i already a product with widely varying price ranges.
Not unexpected as we've known about pheromones and have been annoyed with mosquitoes for a long time.
So the trick will be to make a project accessible to the average DIYer without violating copyright or being too expensive.