Mosticare Traccia — Travel Mosquito Net
The single-point wedge that travels in 240 g.
- Factory-impregnated permethrin — bound into the fibre, never sprayed
- Three-year effective lifecycle under normal use
- Ships with recycled-cotton carry sachet and deployment card
A WHO-prequalified travel mosquito net engineered as a single-point wedge that pitches from one ceiling hook or headboard anchor over the pillow — the fastest, lightest way to turn any hotel, guesthouse, or homestay bed into a certified physical barrier. Polyester mesh at 156-count density, from 240 g packed. Three-year effective lifecycle.
The travel bed is the one most exposed mosquito environment of an adult life. A guesthouse in Hoi An, a homestay in Chiang Mai, a riverside lodge in Iquitos, a rural auberge in the Algarve, a heritage farmhouse in Sicily — the bed is unfamiliar, the window doesn't always seal, and there is rarely a net already hung. The Mosticare Traccia is a travel mosquito net engineered for exactly this situation: a single-point wedge that pitches from one ceiling hook or headboard anchor and throws a clean, certified physical barrier over the pillow and torso in under a minute. Two sizes — Traccia Uno for the solo traveller and Traccia Due for couples — share one engineering specification and one claim stack.
What these nets are, exactly
The Traccia Uno is a single-occupant wedge measuring L 220 × W 100 × H 140 cm with a packed weight of 240 g. The Traccia Due is a two-occupant wedge at L 220 × W 160 × H 140 cm with a packed weight of 320 g. Both are knitted from durable 75-denier polyester at a 156-count density (25 holes per cm²).
Both have fibre factory-impregnated with permethrin at 9 g/kg (0.9% w/w) — a WHO-recommended pyrethroid bound into the yarn during manufacture rather than sprayed onto the surface. Both variants are WHO-prequalified as long-lasting insecticidal nets and authorized for European Union market release under the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (authorization EU 0026815-0000 2035). The treatment does not wash out, does not leach meaningfully onto skin, and does not release into the air of the room.
Deployment is instant: one ceiling attachment point (or headboard anchor, or overhead branch at a homestay), and the wedge tensions into shape over the pillow — no four-post frame required, no self-supporting pole system, no fiddly assembly in the dark. Colour: soft off-white. Every Traccia ships with a recycled-cotton carry pouch, a quick-start deployment card, a Mosticare three-year lifecycle card, and an invitation to the Mosticare community.
Why a physical barrier is the right approach on the road
The pharmacy shelf and the travel-shop counter want to sell you chemistry you wear, burn, or plug into the socket. Aerosol repellents applied to exposed skin. Picaridin wipes for the forearms. Plug-in mosquito mats that pump pyrethroid into the air of the guesthouse. Tropical-strength coils burning under the balcony. These are all downstream compromises — chemistry you tolerate because no one hung a net.
The Traccia replaces that compromise with a single-point physical barrier: a WHO-prequalified insecticidal mesh between your body and the mosquito. The permethrin in the fibre reinforces the barrier at the point of contact, bound into the yarn at a deliberately minimal dose and never diffused through the room, so the barrier does its job while the air you're sleeping in stays chemistry-free — exactly the air you also want when you're jet-lagged and already paying the metabolic tax of a long flight.
Who it's for
The Traccia Uno is for the solo traveller: the backpacker on a Southeast Asian loop, the remote worker on a long-haul stay in Mexico City or Lisbon, the field biologist on a river trip, the journalist in a hotel room anywhere between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The Traccia Due is for two travellers sharing a bed in the same environment — honeymooners, couples on sabbatical, colleagues sharing a room on assignment.
The Traccia family is not the right choice for a permanent bedroom installation over a four-poster frame (choose the Mosticare Cubo Uno / Cubo Due / Cubo Tre for that) or for a freestanding solution when there is literally no ceiling to attach to (choose the Mosticare Domo Pop). If you're trekking and sleeping in a hammock rather than a bed, choose the Mosticare Amaca Uno / Amaca Due. For outdoor activity during dusk — gardening, fieldwork, trail walking — rather than sleep, the Mosticare Volto head nets are the right tool.
How to use it well
The Traccia installs in under a minute from a single anchor point and packs back into the recycled-cotton sachet just as fast.
- Find one attachment: a ceiling hook, a picture rail, a headboard, a door frame — anything overhead.
- Pass the loop over the anchor and unfold the wedge along the length of the bed so the peak sits above the pillow.
- Tuck the hem under the mattress on both sides and at the foot, creating a sealed envelope around the sleeping area.
- For a homestay with no indoor anchor, a length of paracord tied between two wall hooks or two trees works just as well.
- Wash on a cool, gentle cycle with mild detergent; follow the WHO long-lasting-net guidance of no more than 20 washes over the net's useful life; air-dry in shade.
- Expect a three-year effective protection lifecycle across typical travel use.
Every claim on this page is traceable to a standard or an independent test.
- WHO-prequalified long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) — the Traccia Uno and Traccia Due share current listing on the World Health Organization Prequalification programme for vector control.
- EU Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) — authorization EU 0026815-0000 2035 — both variants are formally authorized for market release across the European Union as treated articles.
- 156-count mesh / 25 holes per cm² — the structural mesh density used across the WHO long-lasting-net category for mosquito bite prevention.
- 75-denier polyester fibre, independently tested — for seam strength, mesh integrity, and wash resistance across the full three-year lifecycle.
Before you decide.
Which Traccia should I buy — Uno or Due?
Do I need to carry extra kit to hang it?
Is it safe to sleep under every night on a long trip?
What's the difference between the Traccia and a freestanding travel dome?
Will it work as a backup in a malaria-endemic region?
Mosticare exists to protect people from the world's deadliest animal without poisoning the room in which they sleep — including when that room is rented, borrowed, or unfamiliar. The Traccia is a quiet, certified way to do that from a single anchor point, in any bedroom, anywhere you land.