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14 posts · Last used Sep 20

Colin Purrington @colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
· 3mo ago
Was hoping this article in the New York Times would be about bats eating mosquitoes but I was wrong. Headline and a single sentence in the article were there to make bats seem like friends (they are, but not because of how many mosquitoes they eat, which is very few). Digital version [follow gift link] has a different headline. #bats #chiroptera #mosquitoes #nyc #newyork #insects #nature #biology #journalism #nytimes
nytimes.com
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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
· 3mo ago
Replying to
The University of Wisconsin Department of Entomology has a nice primer on why so many people think bats (and purple martins) control mosquitoes. #bats #mosquitoes
mosquitosite.russell.wisc.edu

Bats, birds, turtles, frogs, fish

Bats As yet, there is no evidence that increasing the population of bats in an area will reduce the numbers of mosquitoes enough to affect human biting rates.  Recent studies at UW Madison (Wray et al. 2018; https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy044) have confirmed that bats will eat many kinds of mosquitoes but a quantitative assessment hasn’t been completed. The …

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Likely Jan Lukas @likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca
· 3mo ago
#Edmonton #Alberta is having an especially horrific year for #mosquitoes, which I suppose is one ofthe disadvantages of finally getting more than enough rain to be out of #drought at the moment. But back to the mosoquitoes -- we're in BIG trouble hereabouts, folks! They're expanding their strategies for blood sucking. I discovered one yesterday holed up IN MY FRIDGE to #ambush me! 😳 Thankfully, thermodynamics put a stop to that before she could use me as a snack, but still!!!!1! 😱 #StrategicThinking #Plotting #BloodSuckingMenances #yeg #yegwx #abwx
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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
· 5mo ago

Top reasons to NOT buy a bug zapper.

  1. Kills a minuscule number of mosquitoes
  2. Fries pounds of innocent insects per week (and thus starves local birds)
  3. Confuses lightning bugs (probably)
  4. Wastes electricity
  5. Generates light pollution
  6. Generates sound pollution
  7. Creates germ risk when insects explode (if near table w/ food)
  8. Can catch fire and burn your house down

#mosquitoes #insects #nature

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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
· 6mo ago
Boosted by @hypebot@goingdark.social
In my futile quest to get more people to make mosquito traps for their yards, I made a visual. Please share with friends and sneak into any presentation you're giving even if it's completely unrelated to mosquitoes. Mosquito Dunks contain Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis ("Bti"), a bacteria that is safe for everything except mosquito larvae, work for approximately 30 days, and are available at most garden centers and hardware stores in North America. Bti-containing powders and liquids are sold worldwide under different trade names. NB: the white lid helps you see mosquito larvae (if present it's time to add another dose of Bti). #mosquitoes #mosquito #ipm
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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk
· 7mo ago
#News: #Deforestation is making mosquitoes bite humans more! 🧐🦟 As #forests disappear, #mosquitoes lose their natural prey and target us instead, spreading diseases like #Zika and #dengue fever. 🌴☠️🚫 #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social
Forest loss is driving mosquitoes’ thirst for human blood
sciencedaily.com

Forest loss is driving mosquitoes’ thirst for human blood

In the rapidly disappearing Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes are adapting to a human-dominated landscape. Scientists found that many species now prefer feeding on people rather than the forest’s diverse wildlife. This behavior dramatically raises the risk of spreading dangerous viruses such as dengue and Zika. The findings reveal how deforestation can quietly reshape disease dynamics.

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