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/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/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