The Mosquito Olfactory Apparatus was used to assess olfactory learning and memory in the disease vector mosquito in an experiment
It consists of an artificial feeder used in the appetitive conditioning procedure, plastic insect container, glass bottle containing the condition stimulus, connected to an air pump via silicone tubing, glass artificial feeder, silicone tubing conducting warm water (37°C) from a water bath to the artificial feeder
It also consisted of a miniaturized photoionization detector (miniPID) characterisation of the stimulus delivery, using a low molecular weight volatile (ethanol) as a tracer
The probe of the miniPID was positioned at the junction between the central box and the olfactometer arms
