Counterflow Technologyâ„¢

The patented Counterflow Technologyâ„¢ used exclusively in the Mosquito Magnetâ„¢products creates a plume of carbon dioxide, heat, and moisture that is emitted from the inner attractant tube, while the flared outer tube vacuums along the top of the CO2 plume without vacuuming up any of the CO2. As the bloodseeking insect reaches the attractant tube, it realizes it can't get a blood meal. Because it will not turn down (insect behavior) and it won't fly across the plume of carbon dioxide (overstimulation), it is forced to turn upwards, where it is caught in the vacuum of the flared tube. At this point it is vacuumed into a net, where it dehydrates and dies within 24 hours.