Why Don’t We Just Kill All the Mosquitoes?

mosquitos 2The American Mosquito Control Association would add that you should avoid Limburger cheese and perfume. Bananas are just a rumor.

Can I change the nature of my blood?

What?


Blood clots when it stops moving. Why doesn’t it just form a hard little ball inside of the mosquito’s suckling chamber?

I don’t think suckling chamber is what it’s called, but I like that. The mosquito’s saliva has compounds that prevent clotting.


I want a bug zapper because of the sense of power. But I feel there is social stigma. Do bug zappers make me a “redneck”?

No, bug zappers are great. Maybe as close as some of us will ever get to divinity. They kill a lot of insects, including mosquitoes, but according to the American Mosquito Control Association there have only been two studies on their effectiveness, and yards with bug zappers had no fewer mosquitoes than those without.

Touching the bug zapper recreationally, though, does make you a redneck. (“I think the more powerful it is, the less you’ll feel it.”)

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