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Published August 12, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Trapping mosquitoes for research


Vince Nelson lowers a mosquito trap in the woods east of Brimson, one of his four trap sites he checks each week this summer. Nelson is collecting the bugs as part of a study to discover what species of mosquitos in northeastern Minnesota may be carrying a fatal disease called eastern equine encephalitis. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

  • Vince Nelson lowers a mosquito trap in the woods east of Brimson, one of his four trap sites he checks each week this summer. Nelson is collecting the bugs as part of a study to discover what species of mosquitos in northeastern Minnesota may be carrying a fatal disease called eastern equine encephalitis. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • One of the mosquito traps Vince Nelson uses. Carbon dioxide released from dry ice in the jug attracts mosquitoes toward the trap. As they approach, mosquitoes are lured closer by a light and then are blown into the net by a fan, which also prevents them from flying out. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Vince Nelson, a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources seasonal technician, carries two mosquito traps out of the woods east of Brimson Tuesday. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Vince Nelson places a net containing trapped mosquitoes into a cooler. Researchers at the University of Minnesota will identify the species of mosquitoes trapped and whether they are carrying eastern equine encephalitis, a disease often fatal to humans and suspected of killing moose. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)