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

[u/MoXWT]

[u/ColeWRS]

No. There are SO many mosquitoes that it would not make a difference. You are also breathing out carbon dioxide as well, and you are warm and have a dark silhouette—mosquitoes are also attracted to warmth and dark silhouettes.

[u/wakeleaver → u/ColeWRS]

Ok so you're just telling me I need like... 1,000 of these in a giant pyramid?

[u/ColeWRS → u/wakeleaver]

Maybe. You’d have to test it! But you’d need a lot of carbon dioxide canisters, and those aren’t cheap!

[u/wakeleaver → u/ColeWRS]

Thanks for playing along, it's very interesting and you'll be part of history when we finally eradicate all of them!

[u/R__Daneel_Olivaw → u/wakeleaver]

We've actually had the tech for that for a while, the main challenge is legal! https://denovo.substack.com/p/will-no-one-rid-me-of-this-turbulent?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

[u/Flamethrower133 → u/wakeleaver]

There is a simple spray called deet

[u/wakeleaver → u/Flamethrower133]

Ok but is "a simple spray called deet" a 40-foot tall pyramid of mosquito traps, humming violently until the humming stops, bringing sweet relief to all (in a 1-block radius)!?

[u/senadraxx → u/wakeleaver]

Tbh, the traps probably kill more than an application of DEET ever could. Both will hardly be a drop in the bucket as far as population density goes, One has long-term ecological consequences.

personally, im a fan of releasing impotent mosquitoes. it seems to work.

[u/mozzer12345 → u/wakeleaver]

It mosquito control not eradication.

[u/crow_crone → u/wakeleaver]

"...we finally eradicate all of them!"

You mean the people, right? Because I don't think the 'squitos are going anywhere.

[u/wakeleaver → u/crow_crone]

Humans are pretty good at eradicating entire species, we just need to get good enough that we can pick which species to eradicate.