>Status: U >Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:47:17 -0500To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Guillermo Romero Ibarrola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Mosquito Magnet >X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) > >Hi Allan: As one of the many in the world who suffer from mosquitos, (BTW >the best insect for biological control of humans so far), I've been >interested in a technology that is being commercialized as "Mosquito >Magnet". It uses a plume of CO2 warmed up to mammal body temperature and >when the mosquitos aproach it they are vacumed in into a container where >they are disecated. No polution, no chemicals, it operates with Propane, >so that you can place it everywhere, no need for electricity. It looks >promising and in the two years in which I've been following info, it seems >that the product is getting good reviews. Cost is in about $1000, covers >an acre and it has a life span of 5 years. > >I wonder if people on the list have experience with this and I also wonder >what is the role of mosquitos in the ecosystem. What would happen if we >wipe all of them off the earth (quite unlikely); aside from contributing to >controling our overpopulation, what else they do?. > >Please post and regards to all. > >M.C. Guillermo Romero Ibarrola >Coordinador de Relaciones Externas de la Rectoria >Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico
