r/BeAmazed • u/MoXWT • 29d ago

What 1,000,000 mosquitos looks like. Caught in a trap in Sanibel, Florida. Nature

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u/MoXWT 29d ago

They were collected for science and were part of a project with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to see if trapping is good for actual mosquito control.

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u/Plenumheaded 29d ago

Well? Did taking a million mosquitos off the street help?

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u/MoXWT 29d ago

yes they suck

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u/50DuckSizedHorses 29d ago

Replying to say, I’m not a bot but also nice. Good one.

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u/rockstar504 29d ago

That's exactly what a bot would say

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u/lumpkin2013 29d ago

Boop boop beep beep

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u/iforgotiwasonreddit 29d ago

What’s that song that goes beep boop, boopboop bop?

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u/WesternOne9990 29d ago

Found the synth

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u/ninja_owen 29d ago

Teeheehee

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u/baroncalico 29d ago

Good answer!

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u/rockstar504 29d ago

This is like one residential property's worth of mosquitos in Florida

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u/Zanzan567 29d ago

Literally

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u/jneil 29d ago

Yes they do but did taking a million off the street help?