More mosquito nonsense (sorry...)
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Thanks to all who replied to my post re: mosquito repellers. Tracy,
thanks for posting that link.
How about this: Using sound to simulate the sounds made by the
mosquitos enemies, ie: does a mosquito "hear" the approach of a
hungry dragonfly? Is the mosquito only interested in the sounds
necessary for propagation, or does it use its hearing to warn it of
dangers?
I apologize for posting here, I am sure there is a more appropriate
forum for this type of post, however:
The mosquito repellers that you buy at Costco and walmart are cheap
junk (you guys said so) Maybe a more sophisticated device is called
for. Perhaps an ideal app for a stamp and a small bit of periphial
electronics?
No more "off-topic" posts, I promise.
Regards
Rich
AA2DN
thanks for posting that link.
How about this: Using sound to simulate the sounds made by the
mosquitos enemies, ie: does a mosquito "hear" the approach of a
hungry dragonfly? Is the mosquito only interested in the sounds
necessary for propagation, or does it use its hearing to warn it of
dangers?
I apologize for posting here, I am sure there is a more appropriate
forum for this type of post, however:
The mosquito repellers that you buy at Costco and walmart are cheap
junk (you guys said so) Maybe a more sophisticated device is called
for. Perhaps an ideal app for a stamp and a small bit of periphial
electronics?
No more "off-topic" posts, I promise.
Regards
Rich
AA2DN
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The only thing proven to work.
Original Message
> Thanks to all who replied to my post re: mosquito repellers. Tracy,
> thanks for posting that link.
>
> How about this: Using sound to simulate the sounds made by the
> mosquitos enemies, ie: does a mosquito "hear" the approach of a
> hungry dragonfly? Is the mosquito only interested in the sounds
> necessary for propagation, or does it use its hearing to warn it of
> dangers?
>
> I apologize for posting here, I am sure there is a more appropriate
> forum for this type of post, however:
>
> The mosquito repellers that you buy at Costco and walmart are cheap
> junk (you guys said so) Maybe a more sophisticated device is called
> for. Perhaps an ideal app for a stamp and a small bit of periphial
> electronics?
www.comforthouse.com/comfort/elmosrep.html
Incidentally, for the true afficianados, there is a
mailing list. Send "subscribe" in the body of the
message to mosquito-l-request@i... if interested.
Cheers,
Doug
On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 iceninevt@y... wrote:
> Thanks to all who replied to my post re: mosquito repellers. Tracy,
> thanks for posting that link.
>
> How about this: Using sound to simulate the sounds made by the
> mosquitos enemies, ie: does a mosquito "hear" the approach of a
> hungry dragonfly? Is the mosquito only interested in the sounds
> necessary for propagation, or does it use its hearing to warn it of
> dangers?
>
> I apologize for posting here, I am sure there is a more appropriate
> forum for this type of post, however:
>
> The mosquito repellers that you buy at Costco and walmart are cheap
> junk (you guys said so) Maybe a more sophisticated device is called
> for. Perhaps an ideal app for a stamp and a small bit of periphial
> electronics?
>
> No more "off-topic" posts, I promise.
>
> Regards
>
> Rich
> AA2DN
at a time.
The Weather Channel has a do-hickey connected to a 20 pound propane
tank that somehow is a mosquito collector. By the ad (believe what you
will) the gallon holder gets filled and needs to be emptied of all the
dead mosquitos.
My Stamp contribution would be to propose a counter that would detect a
mosquito's fingerprint, ie: it's sound, and have a heated plate. Vary
the plate temp and count visits. one could hone in on the temp in such
a way.
Dave
--- In basicstamps@y..., Rodent <daweasel@s...> wrote:
> DEET.
>
> The only thing proven to work.
>
>
Original Message
>
> > Thanks to all who replied to my post re: mosquito repellers. Tracy,
> > thanks for posting that link.
> >
> > How about this: Using sound to simulate the sounds made by the
> > mosquitos enemies, ie: does a mosquito "hear" the approach of a
> > hungry dragonfly? Is the mosquito only interested in the sounds
> > necessary for propagation, or does it use its hearing to warn it of
> > dangers?
> >
> > I apologize for posting here, I am sure there is a more appropriate
> > forum for this type of post, however:
> >
> > The mosquito repellers that you buy at Costco and walmart are cheap
> > junk (you guys said so) Maybe a more sophisticated device is called
> > for. Perhaps an ideal app for a stamp and a small bit of periphial
> > electronics?
dioxide, which we exhale.
I've been out working in the shop this evening and chasing off a mosquito
that wants to feed. He keeps approaching from downwind, so it looks like
they are attracted to scent. However, he keeps going for my elbow for some
reason.
Original Message
> The sound of two hands clapping. very effective, but only handles one
> at a time.
>
> The Weather Channel has a do-hickey connected to a 20 pound propane
> tank that somehow is a mosquito collector. By the ad (believe what you
> will) the gallon holder gets filled and needs to be emptied of all the
> dead mosquitos.
>
> My Stamp contribution would be to propose a counter that would detect a
> mosquito's fingerprint, ie: it's sound, and have a heated plate. Vary
> the plate temp and count visits. one could hone in on the temp in such
> a way.
carbon dioxide. Its the CO2 when we exhale that attracts these
little fellas. I do believe these large, commercial devices are very
effective. I read about them somewhere.
Ciao
Rich
AA2DN
--- In basicstamps@y..., "Dave Mucha" <davemucha@j...> wrote:
> The sound of two hands clapping. very effective, but only handles
one
> at a time.
>
> The Weather Channel has a do-hickey connected to a 20 pound propane
> tank that somehow is a mosquito collector. By the ad (believe what
you
> will) the gallon holder gets filled and needs to be emptied of all
the
> dead mosquitos.
>
> My Stamp contribution would be to propose a counter that would
detect a
> mosquito's fingerprint, ie: it's sound, and have a heated plate.
Vary
> the plate temp and count visits. one could hone in on the temp in
such
> a way.
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In basicstamps@y..., Rodent <daweasel@s...> wrote:
> > DEET.
> >
> > The only thing proven to work.
> >
> >
Original Message
> >
> > > Thanks to all who replied to my post re: mosquito repellers.
Tracy,
> > > thanks for posting that link.
> > >
> > > How about this: Using sound to simulate the sounds made by the
> > > mosquitos enemies, ie: does a mosquito "hear" the approach of a
> > > hungry dragonfly? Is the mosquito only interested in the sounds
> > > necessary for propagation, or does it use its hearing to warn
it of
> > > dangers?
> > >
> > > I apologize for posting here, I am sure there is a more
appropriate
> > > forum for this type of post, however:
> > >
> > > The mosquito repellers that you buy at Costco and walmart are
cheap
> > > junk (you guys said so) Maybe a more sophisticated device is
called
> > > for. Perhaps an ideal app for a stamp and a small bit of
periphial
> > > electronics?
related topic suggest that the 300-400 Hz used to emulate the male
mosquitos wing flapping does not work, and is simply marketing hype.
The wrist-watch type device your link pointed me to was available at
Costco. (Two for $19.95) I was tempted, but I didn't... (seemed to
easy, didn't "feel" right) My scepticism regarding the effectiveness
of this device prompted my original post.
Ciao
Rich
AA2DN
--- In basicstamps@y..., Doug Welch <welch@p...> wrote:
>
> You mean like this?
> www.comforthouse.com/comfort/elmosrep.html
>
> Incidentally, for the true afficianados, there is a
> mailing list. Send "subscribe" in the body of the
> message to mosquito-l-request@i... if interested.
>
> Cheers,
> Doug
>
> On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 iceninevt@y... wrote:
>
> > Thanks to all who replied to my post re: mosquito repellers.
Tracy,
> > thanks for posting that link.
> >
> > How about this: Using sound to simulate the sounds made by the
> > mosquitos enemies, ie: does a mosquito "hear" the approach of a
> > hungry dragonfly? Is the mosquito only interested in the sounds
> > necessary for propagation, or does it use its hearing to warn it
of
> > dangers?
> >
> > I apologize for posting here, I am sure there is a more
appropriate
> > forum for this type of post, however:
> >
> > The mosquito repellers that you buy at Costco and walmart are
cheap
> > junk (you guys said so) Maybe a more sophisticated device is
called
> > for. Perhaps an ideal app for a stamp and a small bit of
periphial
> > electronics?
> >
> > No more "off-topic" posts, I promise.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Rich
> > AA2DN