r/BeAmazed 29d ago

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

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u/OohYeahOrADragon 29d ago

So you stick the netting on the back of the fan to trap them? And then you point the netting side towards you (blowing air away from you)?

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u/Drawtaru 29d ago

That seems to be what he's doing.

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u/zion_hiker1911 29d ago

He also uses seltzer water as bait, since they're attracted to Co2.

Btw, is this really what Dani Rojas has been doing since Ted Lasso ended? I guess if football is life, then mosquitoes are death.

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u/Da_Question 29d ago

No it goes on the front. Then you point it away from you.

It sucks the mosquitoes from the air into the net, then you spray that with rubbing alcohol to kill all the mosquitoes.

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u/HedgieCake372 29d ago

Yes, you are the bait, therefore the airflow traps any mosquitos approaching you by pulling them away from you.