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lena_chita
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Jun 7, 2011, 2:17 AM
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Ooooh, great idea, if it works.
I wonder if it would out-compete me. I am the greatest mosquito attractant, ever. And it looks like mosquito bites are moving from s nuisance category to "get a cortizone shot" category for me. Yukes!
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imnotclever
Jun 7, 2011, 3:44 PM
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We used to use those at block parties to get wasps. Same set up, but with just a sugar water - or pop in the bottom.
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Diphthong
Jun 7, 2011, 3:50 PM
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imnotclever wrote: We used to use those at block parties to get wasps. Same set up, but with just a sugar water - or pop in the bottom.
Pop is a verb, or an adverb, or an onomatopoeia. Please stop using it as a noun, unless you're using it as an abbreviation (such as in 'pop culture') or a nickname for your father.
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caughtinside
Jun 7, 2011, 3:51 PM
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Diphthong wrote: imnotclever wrote: We used to use those at block parties to get wasps. Same set up, but with just a sugar water - or pop in the bottom. Pop is a verb, or an adverb, or an onomatopoeia. Please stop using it as a noun, unless you're using it as an abbreviation (such as in 'pop culture') or a nickname for your father.
Yes, here it is a softened drink.
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imnotclever
Jun 7, 2011, 4:35 PM
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You didn't even need to tape the top to the bottom or wrap the paper around the thing. Just put the pop in it and set the lid on and the wasps would get stuck like crazy.
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edge
Jun 7, 2011, 4:53 PM
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imnotclever wrote: You didn't even need to tape the top to the bottom or wrap the paper around the thing. Just put the pop in it and set the lid on and the wasps would get stuck like crazy.
And you would catch every wasp in the area, so there would be none left to bother you?
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mojomonkey
Jun 7, 2011, 5:01 PM
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I wonder if these have a net benefit on reducing mosquitoes in their vicinity, or attract more to the area than they capture.
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imnotclever
Jun 7, 2011, 5:38 PM
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edge wrote: imnotclever wrote: You didn't even need to tape the top to the bottom or wrap the paper around the thing. Just put the pop in it and set the lid on and the wasps would get stuck like crazy. And you would catch every wasp in the area, so there would be none left to bother you?
of course not. But it gave the impression that something was being done about the wasps. And less of them were around the food then.
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Diphthong
Jun 7, 2011, 5:50 PM
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imnotclever wrote: edge wrote: imnotclever wrote: You didn't even need to tape the top to the bottom or wrap the paper around the thing. Just put the pop in it and set the lid on and the wasps would get stuck like crazy. And you would catch every wasp in the area, so there would be none left to bother you? of course not. But it gave the impression that something was being done about the wasps. And less of them were around the food then.
What about the pop, were there less around the pop?
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edge
Jun 7, 2011, 6:07 PM
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Diphthong wrote: imnotclever wrote: edge wrote: imnotclever wrote: You didn't even need to tape the top to the bottom or wrap the paper around the thing. Just put the pop in it and set the lid on and the wasps would get stuck like crazy. And you would catch every wasp in the area, so there would be none left to bother you? of course not. But it gave the impression that something was being done about the wasps. And less of them were around the food then. What about the pop, were there less around the pop?
Wasps likez the pop.
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Diphthong
Jun 7, 2011, 6:12 PM
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edge wrote: Diphthong wrote: imnotclever wrote: edge wrote: imnotclever wrote: You didn't even need to tape the top to the bottom or wrap the paper around the thing. Just put the pop in it and set the lid on and the wasps would get stuck like crazy. And you would catch every wasp in the area, so there would be none left to bother you? of course not. But it gave the impression that something was being done about the wasps. And less of them were around the food then. What about the pop, were there less around the pop? Wasps likez the pop.
RACIST!
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imnotclever
Jun 7, 2011, 6:14 PM
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Diphthong wrote: imnotclever wrote: edge wrote: imnotclever wrote: You didn't even need to tape the top to the bottom or wrap the paper around the thing. Just put the pop in it and set the lid on and the wasps would get stuck like crazy. And you would catch every wasp in the area, so there would be none left to bother you? of course not. But it gave the impression that something was being done about the wasps. And less of them were around the food then. What about the pop, were there less around the pop?
dad doezn't give a shit about wasps.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Jun 7, 2011, 6:37 PM
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The theory, as I understand it, is that CO2 is the primary means by which mosquitoes detect our presence. Once they get closer, they shift over to a related technique which is an aroma we give off. (If I recall correctly, stinky feet type smells attract more mosquitoes). If you flooded the area large quantities of CO2 (say dropping a big chunk of dry ice into a pool), I could see that as an attractor. But since they hone into the trap, my guess would be that you wouldn't see more in the area.
This is a simpler and cheaper version of the traps that burn propane to generate CO2.
As I said, I'll post up results.
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rrrADAM
Jun 7, 2011, 7:33 PM
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Gonna have a large carbon footprint. 
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edge
Jun 7, 2011, 8:22 PM
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I think you should drive them out into the country and release them into the wild.
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