Earth Pharmaceutical develops mosquito catcher

Attract with photocatalyst and attractant without using pesticides

February 26, 2019 Business / Economy "Earth Mosquito is Hoi Hoi Mosquito Sweeper" released. The attractant on the left is replaced about once every two months. His Earth Pharmaceuticals has released a photocatalytic mosquito trap, "Earth Mosquitoes Hoi Hoi Mosquito Sweeper." Mosquitoes have a habit of approaching carbon dioxide (CO2) by judging it as the breath of an organism, so they generate and induce CO2 through a photocatalytic reaction.

The price is 19,800 yen per unit (excluding consumption tax). I would like to help prevent infectious diseases such as dengue fever and Zika fever. A photocatalyst and an attractant developed by the company attract mosquitoes to the trap. When a mosquito approaches, it is sucked in with a suction device and dropped into an insect trap box. It does not use any insecticidal ingredients and can be used safely in all situations. In addition to mosquitoes, you can also catch flies and moths. Insects are weakened by suction by a powerful fan, so they are dead when cleaning the insect box.

President Katsunori Kawabata said, "A product that does not use insecticidal ingredients and has never been seen before. There are people all over the world who die from infectious diseases caused by mosquitoes. Overseas markets are also in sight." The photocatalyst used was a product jointly developed by Uvix (Meguro-ku, Tokyo) and Professor Akira Fujishima of Tokyo University of Science. Titanium oxide was used to generate CO2, eliminating the need for maintenance.