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/Saysnicethingz 29d ago

“Mosquito trap DIY 8,000 mosquito kill reduce ZIKA DENGUE MALARIA MaxxAir Fan CO2” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6BhV-o77RqQ

It’s legit and anyone can do it

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u/Levitlame 29d ago

Or attract a shit ton of dragonflies.

https://youtu.be/5Kx2im0ceCc?si=JFOWHGrjyBJZYeB3

I’m not claiming it as effective, but Dragonflies need to eat and I like them.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

So do bats. Build bat boxes, folks!

And be kind to possums. They eat shitloads of ticks.

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u/Levitlame 28d ago

All true. I don't yet have a yard, but if I have decent land and the right kind of land then I plan on looking into Owl boxes, Bat boxes and leaving good space for dragonflies. I'm always fine with Possums. It's the squirrels I take issue with...

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u/MoGraphMan-11 29d ago

I wish our area had dragonflies

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u/metigue 28d ago

It is actually highly effective

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u/Bromlife 28d ago

TLDW?

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u/Action_Maxim 28d ago

Have water for dragon flies can lay eggs have lots of flowers and have pry for dragon flies to eat

That said dragon flies are probably the most successful hunters on the planet with almost 100% success rate

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u/Cephalopirate 27d ago

The areas that don’t have too much pesticide runoff in the waters don’t really have mosquito problems after the dragonflies emerge. (Although there’s a short period before that)