They recently completed a 10 month study in Guatemala, where it worked to reduce virus-carrying Aedes mosquitoes. It’s these little biters that generally carry the worst viruses. As it would be impossible to eradicate the mosquitos outright, the best solution is population control and a slow cull.

Over the course of their study, they found that their traps were 7 times were efficient than the traditional traps, collecting over 18K eggs with 84 traps in 7 neighbourhoods, per month.

There were also no new cases of virus (in this case Dengue Fever) reported, when normally there’s about 24 to 36 cases in that period of time.