MEGA:BITESS ACADEMY

Surveillance schedule 

• August 22 - 28 (calendar week 34, study week 0)

  • Finalize your question, hypothesis, & treatments 6 cups x 6 weeks (3 cups/trmt)  

  • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk1

• August 29 - September 4 (calendar week 35, study week 1)

  • Set your traps at locations that answer your question 

  • With Silver sharpie, label cup with trap id

  • With pencil, label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 35

  • Use Survey123 to georeference your trap locations

  • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 1 study wk 1

  • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk2

• September 5-11 (calendar week 36, study week 2) 

  • Collect wk35 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag) 

  • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions 

  • Replace infusion water & label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 36

  • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 2

  • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk 3

• September 12-18 (calendar week 37, study week 3)

  • Collect wk36 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag)

  • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions

  • Replace infusion water & label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 37

  • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 3

  • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk 4

• September 19-25 (calendar week 38)

  • Collect wk37 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag)

  • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions

  • Replace infusion water & label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 38

  • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 4

  • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk 5 

• September 26-October 2 (calendar week 39)

  • Collect wk38 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag)

  • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions

  • Replace infusion water & label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 39

  • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 5

  • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk 5 

• October 3-9 (calendar week 40)

  • Collect wk39 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag)

  • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions

  • Replace infusion water & label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 40

  • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 6

  • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk 6

• October 10-16 (calendar week 41)

  • Collect wk40 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag)

  • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions

  • Remove trap from the field and return egg papers to University of Tennessee