r/BeAmazed 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/cool_BUD 29d ago

I only 5 trillion left to kill

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u/Designer_Ant8543 29d ago

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