Choosing Your Mosquito Traps
Let us help you decide what you need to protect your space.
Take a quick walk through how our mosquito traps target specific lifecycle phases to reduce the mosquito population without harmful chemicals.
Biting Phase
The Blood Meal
After mating, female mosquitoes need a blood meal before they can lay their eggs. The micro-predators bite humans, but also birds and deer which can carry deadly vector-borne diseases. They follow scents and visual cues to seek their needed meal (you).
Ever wonder why some people are more attractive to mosquitoes than others? So did our scientists. And then they engineered the best attractants and traps.
Trap Micro-predators
Catch them BEFORE they bite
The BG-Mosquitaire trap is engineered to attract and catch biting mosquitoes seeking that blood meal - yes, that's YOU! These traps are placed in perimeter areas before they can get to you and your family creating a protected zone.
BG-Sweetscent and CO2 are recommended attractants.
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Egg-laying Phase
The Breeding Site
After a bite and a blood meal, mosquitoes lay 50-100 eggs in standing water sources. Any mosquitoes that were infected by a disease from their last meal fly off to bite again and potentially transmit that disease. Always keep your space clear of containers that collect standing water to reduce potential breeding areas.
Prevent Breeding
Catch them BEFORE they lay eggs
The BG-GAT trap mimics a breeding site. It attracts female tiger mosquitoes looking for standing water to lay eggs on AFTER they have bitten.
The trapped adult mosquitoes get stuck on a sticky card and die. Every mosquito caught is 50-100 more that won't hatch.
It's all about reducing the mosquito population over the long-term.
Some important factors to consider as you select your traps
Types of mosquitoes
All of our traps are engineered to catch Tiger mosquitoes. They are unusually aggressive, bite during the day, and attracted to our BG-Sweetscent. We highly recommend adding CO2 if you have house or floodwater mosquitoes.
Size of your space
The range of a single trap is about 360 sq yds or 33 ft diameter. Using CO2 can increase your coverage to about 840 sq yds. For a typical patio or outdoor space, we recommend starting with two BG-Mosquitaire traps on either side and 15 ft away from people. Add two or more BG-GAT traps within your space.
Environment & conditions
Sun, shade, wind, standing water, trees, and even wide roads can impact mosquito activity. You may need to test different trap placements for a week at a time to find the best catch rates. Try a Google satellite image of your space to help you make a plan.
Let's protect some backyards
We're sharing some ideas on the best ways to set your Biogents mosquito traps. Every yard is unique, so sometimes it takes a little experimentation to find the best locations. There are many species of mosquitoes, and they can have different behaviors.
Be curious, try different areas, and feel free to let us know how it's going along the way. We're here to help make you a HERO.
Here's a key for the diagrams:
- White dashed circle: protected zone we want to create.
- Green circles: recommended location for a BG-Mosquitaire (biting mosquitoes).
- Pink circles: add BG-GAT traps (breeding spots).
We suggest trying the traps out in a spot for a week before moving them. Check the catch bags or sticky cards to monitor your progress. Learn more about trap placement.
Do you have a small area with fewer trees?
Let's start with a smaller backyard area with some thicker tree cover on only one side.
- Mosquitoes like to stay low to the ground and in shaded areas. They don't typically fly across open spaces.
- Start with a single BG-Mosquitaire
- Add BG-GAT traps if you have active mosquitoes during the day
Small to medium sized yards with tree cover on two sides
As we assess the yard, we want to think about trapping the mosquitoes before they fly into our space and draw them out from within. If you only add one trap, it will catch mosquitoes, but more will fly in or be drawn across the area we want to protect.
Add CO2 to boost your mosquito catch rate and coverage area
Adding Carbon Dioxide (CO2) to your BG-Mosquitaire traps can increase the number of mosquitoes you catch by 5 times.
Learn more about using CO2 before adding it to your trap system.
BG-Mosquitaire CO2 Outdoor Mosquito Trap Bundle
Double Double Bundle
A pair of BG-Mosquitaires on either side of your space to protect you from biting mosquitoes, and a pair of BG-GAT traps within your zone to catch the ones that did bite, but before they lay their eggs.
Plus, you'll save 40% off your BG-GATs when you add them to any set of BG-Mosquitaire traps.
BG-Mosquitaire Mosquito Trap Double Set
BG-GAT Mosquito Traps Double Set
Howdy neighbor!
As you can imagine, the more traps, the greater the protection, and it's easy to add on. Whether you have a larger yard or your neighbor joins the fight, you create a larger protected zone.
In this case, the front yard also becomes covered as it benefits from the traps along the backyard trees.
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CO2 Booster plus Timer
Add our CO2 Booster Kit and a CO2 timer to your system.
The kit can be added to any BG-Mosquitaire trap and we sell additional accessories to daisy chain up to 3 traps and connect them to a single CO2 tank.
The timer can schedule 2 different time periods daily to only release CO2 when you need it most.
Save Money and Time with Add-ons
Discount will be applied in the cart. Check out our Biogents Rewards to earn more savings!
40% off BG-GAT traps
Get 40% off when you add a set of BG-GAT breeding mosquito traps to any BG-Mosquitaire purchase.
15% off a BG-Timer
Add a BG-Timer when you order a CO2 trap or the CO2 Booster Bundle and save 15%.
20% Off with a Refill Subscription
You can save 20% on BG-Sweetscent attractant and Sticky cards for the BG-GAT when you add a subscription.
Need some more info? We got you.
Based on 20 years of scientific research, our products are used and trusted by professionals and homeowners alike across the world. Find out what makes Biogents different.
Learn how our different traps and attractants work. Then build an effective mosquito trap system that targets different phases of the life cycle. It's science for your protection.
Our traps are among the best mosquito traps available, but mosquito control can be tricky, and several factors might affect their performance including trap positioning.