11-15-2015, 09:03 AM
Mosquitos use CO2 to detect animals from a distance, but then close up they use heat and smell. That's why, when you take a break from hiking and set down your backpack, the mosquitos continue to swarm around it for a few minutes. Putting up a CO2 trap will only serve to bring them into the general area, not lure them into the trap itself.
I agree that getting cooler will probably make a difference. It's been absolutely insane for mosquitos the past few months, a lot more than I've seen before (especially the night-biting ones, though those don't transmit dengue). It's supposed to be a dry winter as well.
I agree that getting cooler will probably make a difference. It's been absolutely insane for mosquitos the past few months, a lot more than I've seen before (especially the night-biting ones, though those don't transmit dengue). It's supposed to be a dry winter as well.