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Photo#61377
Gravid Female Trap

Gravid Female Trap
Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
July 4, 2006
This trap sucks up gravid females. She is attracted to the water (next image), which has a special recipe that makes the female want to lay her eggs on it. But the long tube in the middle, which has a fan in it, sucks up the female while she rests on the water. The net keeps her there until I come around and kill her

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