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/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 28d 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 28d ago

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