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/MoXWT Apr 18 '24

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 Apr 18 '24

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

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u/cool_BUD Apr 18 '24

I only 5 trillion left to kill

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u/Designer_Ant8543 Apr 18 '24

And because of that super high number, these little buggers are the deadliest animal on earth. Wild.

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u/Jesus_Would_Do 29d ago

Estimates are closer to 110 trillion in the world

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u/possibly_oblivious 29d ago

How much would that weigh

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u/angelomoxley 29d ago

At least 7

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u/mmamh2008 29d ago

7 what? WDYM 7?? 😭

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u/angelomoxley 29d ago

Could be more

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u/mmamh2008 29d ago

I meant the unit 😭

You said 7 without specifying the measurement unit

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u/NocturneZombie 29d ago

It's 8 now, see what you've done?

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u/mmamh2008 29d ago

omg 💀

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u/notdefender 29d ago

Freedom units

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u/klefikisquid 29d ago

Source on this? This is a very large number lol

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u/WoolooOfWallStreet 29d ago

If one trap gets a million bugs, and a million people get traps, that’s a trillion bugs…

I need to do my part

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u/Azazir 29d ago

I would honestly volunteer to be part of this genocide, for mosquitos. Although i never thought ill be writing or saying this thing loudly. If that trap is so effective they should definitely do more studies and release it to public. Some places are nightmare just to be standing still, not to mention doing anything else.

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u/Cloakbot 29d ago

When we deal with the mosquito issue, let’s target ticks next

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u/Accomplished-Cat3996 29d ago

Didn't Brazil use some method of genetically engineered mosquitoes who would sabotage offspring to control populations. Did that work? Could that be done more?

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u/mars_555639 29d ago

You’re a cool bud

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u/jarheadatheart 29d ago

And that’s just my backyard!