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nevestoday at 2:31 PM1 replyview on HN

It was fun, but not a bad idea. Are there mosquito mousetraps, or mosquitotraps?


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hattmalltoday at 3:05 PM

Yes, they are mostly attracted to CO2 I think. So some traps that burn propane to attract them. Others I've seen are basically a screen over a fan with a block of dry ice. They use those to collect for like an hour then weigh the mosquitos and test for diseases in a swamp.