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Scientists Discover Mosquitoes Are Using Infrared to Track Humans Down (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I thought this was discovered, like, decades ago and was only one of several detection methods that they use in combination with each other

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

First I've heard anything about direct contrast of UV light to not. I've heard CO2 and NaCl before though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

*IR light, in the interest of avoiding confusion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I work in mosquito control, it's been generally fairly well known as far as I know. Light traps use black light bulbs as one of the methods to attract mosquitos because the lack of visible light cuts down on the number of bycatch like moths but the bulb still generates heat to attract the mosquitos, usually paired with dry ice for CO2.