A bit like how capsaicin was evolved to prevent things being eaten by mammals, but... Well.. humans came along and developed a taste for it.
reply"Evolution! Can you give me capsaicin, to deter mammals? I want birds to spread my seeds!"
They got the ultimate seed-spreading, since we farm them.
replyDamn, were you working at Tselinoyarsk?
replyFreshly marinated in DEET
replySo maybe the solution is to apply DEET to a bug zapper
replyIt was fun, but not a bad idea. Are there mosquito mousetraps, or mosquitotraps?
replyYes, they are mostly attracted to CO2 I think. So some traps that burn propane to attract them. Others I've seen are basically a screen over a fan with a block of dry ice. They use those to collect for like an hour then weigh the mosquitos and test for diseases in a swamp.
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