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Article #1160Re: Attracting Biting Insects
From: MURRAY,JEFFREY P
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 1990 14:58
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 1990 14:58
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My understanding is that mosquitoes are attracted to heat, moisture
and CO2. I can't say which is the most important of the three. Biting
flies are another matter entirely...can't help you with those, though
I expect (given your experience with bug zappers) you are aware of the
pheromone-attractants pitched for use with the bug zappers "during the
daytime". My experience with these is that they increase the number
of biting flies killed by a factor of zero...but the effect on your
wallet is considerably more noteworthy :-)
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MURRAY,JEFFREY P
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!mephisto!prism!jm67 From: jm67@prism.gatech.EDU (MURRAY,JEFFREY P) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Attracting Biting Insects Message-ID: <14238@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 28 Sep 90 14:58:59 GMT References: <1990Sep28.131933.7173@mlb.semi.harris.com> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 15