Apart from attracting and trapping female Aedes mosquitoes, thus preventing them from biting more people, #DidYouKnow that the data collected from Gravitraps allows us to monitor the Aedes mosquito population all over Singapore? An #InNEAvation by NEA’s Environmental Health Institute (EHI), there is a surveillance network of more than 68,000 Gravitraps distributed across the island, to capture female mosquitoes that are looking for sites to lay their eggs. Through the research by #NEAscientists,

Seen the black cylindrical containers around at HDB residential estates, but not sure what they are? This 80-second short video answers all your questions on Gravitraps, from whether you’ll be fined if you accidentally knock them over, to how they affect the mosquito population in your neighbourhood. Find out more about Gravitraps here: http://bit.ly/2E3wuqo Have questions that you’d like us to answer in our new “Fake or Fact” video series? Tell us in the comments below! #FakeOrFact #AskNEA | Na