Patent ID: 7694455

Claim:
A trap for controlling mosquitoes comprising: a container forming a reservoir for stagnant water; a platform configured to be positioned in the container and which floats on top of the water when the water is in the reservoir; a series of holes extending through the platform to provide access to the stagnant water, each hole of the series of holes having an opening area sufficient to permit the deposit of eggs by an adult female mosquito, but having a diameter less than the size of an adult mosquito, so that the adult mosquito cannot escape through any of the holes; and a mesh screen barrier member having both an inner periphery attached to the platform at an outer periphery of the platform and an outer free periphery which extends between the platform and the container and engages an interior surface of the container by slidably abutting the interior surface of the container as the mesh screen barrier member floats and moves with the platform when the platform is positioned on top of the water in the container so that the mesh screen barrier member reduces or prevents escape of the adult mosquitoes from the water.