▁and ▁are ▁unable ▁to ▁escape ▁from ▁the ▁ov it rap . ▁O v it ra ps ▁m im ic ▁the ▁preferred ▁bre eding ▁site ▁for ▁container ▁bre eding ▁mos qu ito es , ▁including ▁A edes ▁alb op ict us ▁and ▁A edes ▁a egy pt i . ▁ ▁The ▁ov it rap ▁was ▁first ▁described ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁and ▁was ▁initially ▁designed ▁for ▁monitoring ▁A edes ▁populations . ▁Research ers ▁found ▁that ▁if ▁they ▁provided ▁artificial ▁bre eding ▁sites , ▁they ▁could ▁easily ▁collect ▁and ▁study ▁the ▁eggs ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁container . ▁Since ▁the ▁original ▁ov it rap ▁was ▁invent ed , ▁le th al ▁ov it ra ps ▁have ▁been ▁developed , ▁which ▁kill ▁the ▁lar va e ▁and / or ▁the ▁adult ▁mos qu ito es ▁that ▁enter . ▁ ▁O v it ra ps ▁used ▁for ▁monitoring ▁can ▁detect ▁A edes ▁mos qu ito ▁populations , ▁thus ▁acting ▁as ▁an ▁early ▁warning ▁signal ▁to ▁pre empt ▁disease ▁out break s . ▁Analysis ▁can ▁be ▁done ▁on ▁the ▁ov it rap ▁bre eding ▁data ▁collected ▁week ly ▁to ▁identify ▁mos qu ito ▁bre eding ▁hot sp ots ▁and ▁risk ▁areas ▁when ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁danger ▁of ▁high ▁A edes ▁inf est ation . ▁This ▁analysis ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁plan ▁vector ▁surve ill ance ▁and ▁control ▁operations . ▁ ▁The ▁extensive ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁ov it rap ▁in ▁a ▁community ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁A edes ▁population ▁control ▁and ▁effectively ▁reduce ▁the ▁A edes ▁population ▁in ▁that