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US 6,338,220 B1Granted
Eradication of mosquitoes
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of eradicating mosquitoes, which includes the steps of inducing female mosquitoes to lay their eggs in the vicinity of water contained in an open-topped container provided for the purpose, causing the larvae in which form the eggs hatch to live in the water. The water is then emptied from the container together with the larvae, before the larvae changes into the adult form of mosquitoes, resulting in the larvae dying because of the larvae not being exposed to water. The invention relates also to apparatus provided for carrying out the above method repetitively over extended time periods.
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