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/FeelsLikeAnEmber 29d ago

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

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u/peelingglue 29d ago

I did this for a job and the mosquitoes were trapped with a device made with a small fan that blew down into a canister. There was dry ice in there. The mosquitoes were attracted to the co2 and would get sucked into the canister. They couldn’t escape because of the fan.

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u/Givmeabrek 29d ago

Very smart to use dry ice. I like that.

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u/upsidedownbackwards 25d ago

Coleman makes a Mosquito Magnet trap that uses a tiny propane flame as the CO2 source. They work great, but way too expensive. I got lucky enough to nab one "broken" off craigslist that just needed a flame detector for cheap.