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#mosquito #idea
Jan 8, 2026 2:42 PM
kayzersosie
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#mosquito #idea
gary5876
Very clever.
aprilfaith
I’ve only seen the cover for box fans- where can I buy one of these? Google didn’t have a clue LOL!
XXXSpork
Didn’t invent. Fan based insect traps have been around a while. I bought mine 2 years ago.
ialoneambest
The best ideas are often the simplest.
jimmythehat1
Not really a new invention. People do that with box fans and all sorts of lights.
StephenDaniels
The only good bug...
deetatron
Letstrythisonemotime
I'd say bug zappers do the same thing with less electrical needs, but with this you can carry the bag over to your annoying neighbors house and empty it into an open window.
TheTojo15
THATS disgusting. Thought it was dirt and debris at first
theskepticinme
Mosquitos:
bambinod
The UV light probably doesn't do much to attract mosquitoes. The big thing is that mosquitoes have given up strong and fast flight for stealthy quiet flight. They really struggle to get around in even a light breeze, which means they're only a problem when there's no wind. This is just an air filter that pulls in the mosquitoes and catches them in a net.
FishieStardust
Get rekt mosquitoes
Turboslacker
They can all fuck right off!
Macetheace50
If you don't want mosquitoes in your Egg Foo Young.
Then you can have the mosquitoes on their own.
Eyeetsass
What if he just closed the window instead?
pilomotor
It's too hot for that. Especially since his fan is busy catching mosquitoes.
Idontknowjustgivemeaname
how is this better than the regular zappers though?
HandoB4Javert
Instant breakfast.
tRumpetaske
GlenL
All fun and games until there's a power outage
jankyupeblik
Turn the fan on oscillate and point it at where you are. Mosquitoes can barely fly in a little wind.
Mosquito dunks (Bti). Adults waste their eggs in a bucket of water that will kill them before hatching.
Dragonfly pond. Dragonflies have a greater hunting success rate than perhaps any other animal known, at nearly 100%. And they nosh mosquitoes.
ardtay
And flies. Livestock farmers are learning to disperse dragonfly eggs on the farms to reduce fly populations and it works really, really well.
YoungHeathen
I know that animals are important to their ecosystems and we should not tamper with them needlessly. That said, when it comes to mosquitoes..
Yes. Yesssss. Kill them all. Allllllllllll.
Titilve74
I know it's not Wednesday my dudes, but just put a frog at the end of the net... 😘🐸🤗
AnonOmis1000
Thats how you get an obese frog
wibbIywobbIytimeywimey
Something something frogs gay
ardtay
wurth
Step 1: cut a hole in that net
Step 2: put your frog in the net
NotAllowedToArgueUnlessYouPay
Pandameter
Step 3: DO NOT OPEN THE NET!
LowlevelRebel
Step 3: happy frog
CarbyD
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thepicklebucket
fuckin' wimdy, no skeet
GuerrillaschaukelnInDerTodeszone
Not new, not catching mosquitos. You can buy UV-lights that will electrically kill the fly or gnat that will fly into it. Same as with this selfmade device shown here it won't catch any mosquitos tho since, as another user already pointed out, those aren't attracted to light, UV or otherwise. Mosquitos are attracted to body heat, sweat, and CO2. Self-built or not, in both cases the device can become problematic for the environment if left outdoors killing flight insects for hours (illegal here)
Babomonkey
https://medschool.uci.edu/news/new-study-reveals-how-day-and-night-biting-mosquitoes-respond-differently-colors-light-and
BishlamekGurpgork
I mean, the essence of the article kind of backs it up - that day biters are only weakly attracted, but it's an attraction to a wide range of light, not just UV, and the attraction is much less than most insects -- and that conversely, night biters actively avoid it.
Wikipedo
So my gym socks would work?
zefferoni
I made a similar setup, with the fan sitting over a bucket of fresh water instead of a UV light. It definitely catches mosquitos.
Caught much more when I provided a source of CO2 or sat behind the fan myself, but it definitely caught a shit ton of mosquitos looking to lay eggs in the water.
zefferoni
Not disputing the UV light, I agree with you on that.
Davedavedavedavedave
Free flea soup!
whisker99
A death trap!
1potsie
That sucks!
Raisexplay
No, it blows
nullbr
the contraption or the mosquitoes?
tymonaSmasher
This is how they make protein bars
MenloPart
I don't think the protein bar I am actively eating has this much protein.
jesuisgur
20 years ago I saw a vid of a guy in some swamp state who placed a bigass fan + thin net over his dog kennel. He was getting a *wheelbarrow* of mosquitos every few days to make compost...
IceWeaselX
TheForgewright
Heck, I'd try it! Hope they season those somehow.
tymonaSmasher
The mosquito belly contents of malarial blood is probably pretty spicy and salty😋😋😋😋😋
Howlingowl
This is how you get super mega malaria.
YippeeKayakOB
Light of any kind, including UV, does not attract mosquitoes, it deflects. Put it in a dark corner for higher effect
ScarlettNape
If you are claiming light deflects/repels mosquitos, I believe we can disprove that theory in fifteen minutes on any well-lit southern back porch or patio. In five, camping by a lake, with multiple camping lanterns.
YippeeKayakOB
Nah, you see the mosquitos in the light because there is light. They prefer to move in shadows. They are small vampires.
ElbowDeepInAHorse
Watch it slip off and release the SWARM
agonarch
Nah you put them in an opaque jar, then leave the jar on a kitchen bench in your workplace or drop it under the chair of someone you don't like if there is anyone.
datphone777365
Mosqnade! Be a fun one to release on ya enemies...
SnarfyMcSnarferson
NOT THR BEEES! Version but woth mosquitos
SGAtlantis
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noWhiteHorseHereJustBatturuPrinsu
Feed them malaria blood first
ElbowDeepInAHorse
+5 Poison Dmg
b0uts03661
It's not a war crime the first time. Trust me im Canada
noWhiteHorseHereJustBatturuPrinsu
You had me at Canada
Itwasmyname
Big Clive tells me that mosquitos are not attracted to UV light. I trust Big Clive over this guy.
SomebodyalreadytookMyPants
It also told me that the Statue of liberty is 1.62 Ft tall
morrighan42
https://medschool.uci.edu/news/new-study-reveals-how-day-and-night-biting-mosquitoes-respond-differently-colors-light-and
aristera
That is really interesting.
lightfoot2
They are very much attracted to UV: Putting a UV light under my mosquito magnet fills the bag in 2 days.
TREXSEXISARMLESS
What the hell is a mosquito magnet?
davesaint01930
Big al said dogs cant look up
Hovencl00f
Mosquitos are most attracted to carbon dioxide, according to what I have read.
TomahawkJackson
emphasis on *most* attracted. I'm *most* attracted to the shares of the weekly RHM, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna scroll past dumps on every other day of the week.
asm80dfa8sdfj
I'm a THT guy. That doesn't mean I don't like FF or RHM too
BishlamekGurpgork
CO2 gradients at range, and some species, like most flying insects, are also attracted attracted to UV, but more weakly than most insects. The night-biters tend to be repelled by UV.
They are also attracted by radiant heat, which the motor may produce, but that is an effective lure only at very close range. Most chemical signals that would lure a diverse crowd of mosquitos are all airborne, and would be disrupted by a fan.
CakeIsALie227
Yeah well Big Al told me that dogs can't look up.
rbudrick
Mr. Slave's best bud?
Aeolys
Don't forget to eat your two rocks a day.
ChloeRed
and the gun over the bar is real
LariCheltsy
Itwasmyname
That's what directory assistance was invented for, so they don't have to look up anyone in a phone book. https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Y3hnemk1ZGoyd2hmN2lybm9lMG9maDZoZ2ptY2lndDl2endseWR2byZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/uCl0snPnLDRV2FYMXB/200w.webp
jdore8
drdorman86350
Actually, pigs can't look up.
HenryLongfellowIII
How do you explain this then?
drdorman86350
Touche
Type17
Well, unless it's staged by manually adding mosquitoes to the net, it appears to be working well.
Sonicschilidogs
It's more likely that the place has a fuck ton of mosquitoes and the fan is just sucking them up. To be a true experiment there should be a control bag with nothing, and one with just a fan, and one with just a light, to see what truly attracts and captures the most mosquitos.
asm80dfa8sdfj
How does a light capture a mosquito? They can only be drawn to it but aren't inclined to stay. And a fan without a net similarly won't capture them. The only two required components are the fan and net with light, and a fan and net without a light, and they should be close enough that they share the same pool of air that contains the mosquitos so it's not location-based either. But not so close that the control benefits from light. Probably should set up pairs of these in multiple locations too.
Sonicschilidogs
I said one bag with nothing attached, one with a fan attached, one with a light attached, and the one with both.
BishlamekGurpgork
Controls aren't meant to be a successful experiment, they're meant to control for factors that aren't obvious. Like, maybe the bag itself is an attractant somehow, and you don't know it until you just hang a bare bag and notice that a percentage of your catches aren't because you put a light on it.
Exyr
Yeah they are attracted to IR heat and CO2
devasto
So a small, heat producing lamp would work?
Eldibs
So this could still theoretically be made to work, just with a different attractant?
SergeyPrkl
It even works with this attractant! Just the UV is not the reason, it just enables the reason (heat).
CallMeCourierSix
It boggles my mind that you're saying "it COULD work!" while there is literally a giant bag of mosquitoes in the vid. Are you implying that they ran around and grabbed individual mosquitoes and shoved them in the bag for this vid?
Eldibs
First day on the internet? People fake videos all the time. Just because you can't think of a way it could be faked doesn't mean it can't be faked.
ionlyregisteredtosavelinks
What's the difference between "IR radiation", "heat", and "IR heat"?
marsilies
Heat is just the excitation of particles, making them move faster. IR radiation is one form of radiation, that is both emitted by hot objects, and can heat up objects. "IR heat" is non-standard. One view would be that it's the heat that's caused by IR radiation, although an alternate view could be its the IR radiation coming from things with heat (i.e. excited particles, elevated temperature).
bottledham
spelling
WhyDontYouMakeMe
Heat is the experience of being hit by infrared radiation
dragoonwraith
“Heat” is energy contained in vibrating atoms. All objects have heat, and radiate photons, particles of light, based on how much. More heat = more energy = higher-energy photons = higher frequency. We perceive different frequencies as different colors; red is the lowest we can see, violet is highest. There are frequencies above (ultraviolet) and below (infrared) that we can’t see. Roughly “warm” objects, e.g. mammal body heat, are not hot enough for red light, and so radiate infrared.
imguronefive
IR is "infrared radiation", photons (particles of light) that are in a frequency band below that of visible red light.
Heat is the vibration of molecules.
And you can heat up materials (gas, liquids, solids) via IR light. They absorb the IR photons, and start to vibrate more. They will give off IR photons as they cool down.
asm80dfa8sdfj
But where there's IR light there's IR radiation and IR heat right?
imguronefive
IR light *is* IR radiation. Light (UV, visible, IR) is radiation. As are radio waves, gamma rays, x-rays, etc., they are all radiation.
IR heating is when materials absorb IR, and get warmer.