❖ Karnataka started to installing Ovitrap baskets that attract mosquitoes.

❖ These baskets are installed 20 feet from houses, and a chemical sprayed inside attracts mosquitoes, luring them into the basket.

❖ Ovitrap baskets are specialised devices designed to attract and trap mosquitoes, particularly species that breed in containers, such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.

❖ Several countries including India have implemented the use of this baskets for monitoring and controlling mosquito populations