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From: jm67@prism.gatech.EDU (MURRAY,JEFFREY P)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Attracting Biting Insects
Message-ID: <14238@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 28 Sep 90 14:58:59 GMT
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Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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   My understanding is that mosquitoes are attracted to heat, moisture
and CO2. I can't say which is the most important of the three. Biting
flies are another matter entirely...can't help you with those, though
I expect (given your experience with bug zappers) you are aware of the
pheromone-attractants pitched for use with the bug zappers "during the
daytime". My experience with these is that they increase the number
of biting flies killed by a factor of zero...but the effect on your
wallet is considerably more noteworthy :-)
 
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MURRAY,JEFFREY P
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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