Resting boxes are best used to collect daytime active mosquitoes.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. They are equally effective for all times of day
• D. Only in dry weather

Answer: (B)

Resting boxes are designed to attract mosquitoes that have chosen a resting site during the day. They capture adults that are not actively foraging or host-seeking at that moment, providing a snapshot of the resting population and helping you learn which species are present and their infection status. They aren’t the best tool for collecting mosquitoes that are actively flying around and seeking hosts during the daytime. For day-active or day-biting species, you’d use methods that target active host-seeking or flight activity, such as aspirator sweeps, resting site collections in vegetation, or traps that lure host-seeking females (with cues like CO2 or visual attractants) at times when those mosquitoes are active. So resting boxes don’t best capture daytime active mosquitoes.