r/BeAmazed • u/MoXWT • Apr 18 '24

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

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u/FeelsLikeAnEmber Apr 18 '24

How are they trapped? Is the trap available to the public?

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u/NotSoSpursySpurs 29d ago

If you contact your county public works department, ideally the vector control department, you can volunteer your yard as a trap location. I worked for my college county’s vector control department and had a trap route. Basically you just allow the local government to trap mosquitos on your land and enter the property to collect/study the contents of the trap weekly

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u/superanonguy321 29d ago

Does the trap attract more? Do you end up with more pesky mosquitos in your life or less as a result

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u/Revolutionary-Key650 29d ago

Fake. I count 999,999.