1. Researchers elucidating vectors of zoonotic diseases encounter problems with inefficient surveillance techniques leading to underestimation of the importance of some species, and the overestimation of the importance of others. Carbon dioxide‐baited light traps are the most widely used traps for sampling vector groups. However aspirating directly from the hosts is the most accurate method to incriminate vectors.
2. A novel vector trapping system was developed, consisting of a suction trap, activated by a motion sensor, and controlled by a microcontroller, which activates automatically when host animals approach. The prototype was tested in two field experiments with ungulates and biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) at a preserve in Florida. We measured the biting midge community collected at traps near and far from hosts and compared communities using diversity metrics and abundance curves.
3. Traps activated in the presence of host animals with 94% accuracy. Diversity and richness of Culicoides species differed between sensor and control traps with 11 species captured by control traps and seven species by sensor traps. Vector species were captured in significantly greater numbers in sensor traps, while more non‐vector species were caught in control traps.
4. Results confirm that vector species can be underrepresented in light trap collections, likely due to their tight associations with vertebrate hosts, a finding that should be taken into consideration when incriminating arbovirus vectors. Our novel trap system was a first attempt at solving the issue of collecting vector species from non‐tame animals, effectively aspirating questing midges. Simple modifications of the system could be made to target other vector–host systems.

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运动传感器激活的吸阱的开发和现场评估，以研究载体与宿主之间的相互作用

1. 阐明人畜共患病媒介的研究人员在监测技术效率低下时遇到了问题，导致人们低估了某些物种的重要性，而高估了其他物种的重要性。二氧化碳诱集的光阱是对矢量组进行采样的最广泛使用的阱。然而，直接从宿主吸出是鉴定载体的最准确方法。
2. 开发了一种新颖的矢量诱集系统，该系统由吸盘组成，由运动传感器激活，并由微控制器控制，当宿主动物接近时，该微控制器会自动激活。在两次有蹄类动物和叮咬mid虫（双翅目：Ceratopogonidae）的一次野外试验中，在佛罗里达州的一个保护区进行了测试。我们测量了在远离宿主和远离宿主的陷阱处收集到的叮咬蚊虫群落，并使用多样性指标和丰度曲线对群落进行了比较。
3. 陷阱在宿主动物的存在下以94％的精度激活。传感器和控制陷阱之间库柏物种的多样性和丰富度有所不同，其中控制陷阱捕获了11种，传感器陷阱捕获了7种。在传感器陷阱中捕获的媒介物种类明显多得多，而在对照陷阱中捕获的非媒介物种类更多。
4. 结果证实，由于与脊椎动物宿主的紧密联系，载体物种在光阱收集中的代表性可能不足，当发现虫媒病毒载体时，应考虑这一发现。我们新颖的诱捕系统是首次尝试解决从非动物类动物中收集媒介物种的问题，有效地吸引了蚊子。可以对系统进行简单的修改以针对其他媒介宿主系统。