See? A sweet tooth is bad for you
We all knew that mosquitoes are out for blood (the female ones at least), but did you know that they also have a huge sweet tooth? Yep. They need nectar and sugar as food (the blood is for egg production and laying). So some Israeli scientists have found that a sugar solution laced with insecticide is particularly effective and killing the little buggers. Mosquito comes to lap up some sugar and well, that’s all she wrote.
While I think this is cool and interesting, I’m not a huge fan of insecticides. I wish they had found a way to spike the sugar solution with something that would kill the mosquitoes but not be a poison per se.
Hat tip: ScienceBlogs
Tags: pest control, mosquitoes
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