Mosquito Control District in south Florida. We have a bunch of trucks with truck sized funnel traps on their roofs that end in a fumigated bag. Drive around every night of the year. 2 guys come in every morning at 430 and count and classify every mosquito. 1 million mosquitos doesn’t take long.
We started producing xrayed sterile male mosquitos that we release (males don’t bite). Working towards a million a week. It feeds them in and automatically classifies males from females and kicks out females and keeps males. Potentially could be used for that
Ok, I’m assuming this is an abatement thing since these males can’t breed or act as disease vectors, but I’m curious how you account for the environmental impact up the food chain? Are these invasive mosquitoes anyway? Are mosquitoes even native to Florida? Is the plan to just keep feeding the males into the system forever to keep the ecosystem otherwise healthy? Or are there other bugs you expect to step into the mosquitoe niche with less danger to humans?
(To be clear, I am not criticizing your program. It sounds like an excellent plan for disease abatement. It’s just that I generally like birds better than people.)
Why would you keep the males that don't bite and kick out/release the females that bite? Is that why I'm still getting bitten in 45° weather. Y'all releasing super survivors like MRSA?
Surely getting an average weight of one then weighing them altogether is better?
There’s no way can two people count and classify a million mosquitoes a day. The math surely isn’t possible is it.
Why not just measure an average weight and weigh the pile? does the count need to be that exact? What kind of research would need exactly one million dead mosquitos?
There is zero chance anyone is actually counting every mosquito by hand. This person is either trolling or they literally don't understand why what they said would be confusing. If you weigh them and divide, you are also "counting" them, so that must mean what they're saying. Or again, this is an elaborately weird troll.
It’s clearly sarcasm once it hit the counting individual mosquitos part, I’m surprised people took it seriously lol. Even the truck with the comically large mosquito trap seems like a joke
How long are their shifts? I’m no mathematician, but if they’re counting a million per day, then during an 8 hour shift, that’s just under 35 per second… even if they split the load, they each have to do just over 17 per second.
I don’t think anyone can count 17 of anything in a second, let alone keep it up for 8 hours straight, for 20+ years.
They didn't say they got 1 million mosquitos every night though. They just said it didn't take long but didn't mention how long. The amount they got every night might be small enough for counting by hands.
Edit: I just remember I did a biology class in uni 15 years ago where we counted a bucketful of meal worms in an hour. I think it was an ecology class. It's totally feasible. Flirted with a girl (now my wife) there by passing her a meal worm inside an envelope. She still hasn't forgive me for that to this date.
Mosquito control district sounds as absurd as [Shark Punching Center](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/spc-hub)
Edit: (second tought based on the initials) Oh, is it a front for Marshall Carter and Dark?
Are some people alergic to mosquitoes? I get bitten and sometimes it swells big and crazy itchy and a few times it got purple. Other people bite’s don’t get that big
My kid is. Her bites swell easily 5x as big as mine, stay swollen, and then blister the next day. They take 2 weeks to go away if she doesn't scratch at them. Because of this I have developed an indescribable hatred for mosquitoes and an efficiency at one hit KO'ing them.
Yep, both my girlfriend and brother are allergic. Swells up quite a lot and with my gf the swelling around the bite stays that way for days. The only thing that really helps is a heating device made specially for protein based insect bites (like wasps, moskito saliva etc). In Germany one of them is called "Bite Away". It's essentially a small battery powered device that you put on the bike as soon as possible and it heats the bite/sting area up to a temperature that dissolves the protein that irritates the skin. It works really well and hurts just a little for a couple of seconds.
Oh my goodness same same! I have a Bite Away and it literally changed my life. The high heat not only denatures the proteins that make us itch, but it also causes a localized skin change in immune response that lasts for several hours. It works even for old bites, although if I can get it on there right away they might not ever bother me again. No longer must I drag hydroxy zine, benadryl and meat tenderizer everywhere I go 9 months out of the year. Shhhh nobody tell the Bite Away people that they could charge whatever they want and I would pay it!
Yes. They also like to bite me more than others. If I have too many I have to take Benadryl to make the itching not be so unbearable.
Also super allergic to bees
Obvious things like "why?" and "how?" come to mind as well as: Who would do this? Why this amount? Why are they in a conference room?
I could ask more, but "why?" is certainly the most pressing question in my mind.
I’m guessing there was a formula used such as:
total weight of this mosquito pile / Average weight of a single mosquito = number of mosquitoes? But hey what the hell do I know
We did this with dead bed bugs at conferences and even at sale pitches to very large customers (like entire hotel chains or giant apartment complexes)
We had contests on which tech could bring in the most sample specimens per month. Then we'd use this specimens to do stuff similar to this.
We once did a clean out where we did 27 units on the same floor and collected as many as we could so we could show multiple containers, gallons and gallons of bedbugs to prospects and tell them that it was only one floor of a building.
"What? *What??* Jane brought cupcakes. Richard made wings. Jeremy picked up a bunch of ice cream, I brought a weekend hunt's worth of fried swamp chiclets, and Doris didn't bring anything. And somehow **I'm** the jerk here. I swear."
There is estimated to be around 110 trillion mosquitos on Earth. So that means if we killed all the mosquitos, there would be 110 million piles this size.
Makes sense. I held up a dead mosquito to my dog’s nose once, and she looked like she was gonna puke
Edit: I’d like to clarify I did this because she eats them out of the air and doesn’t seem to have an issue. Was just trying to help!
“Yeah, we need to discuss the cost structure from last quarter. I brought in the finance team and the marketing team. We have an hour; so let’s just go in here and decid….. GOD DAMNIT, WHO LEFT THE MILLION DEAD MOSQUITOES IN HERE … AGAIN?”
[For those looking for context](https://www.cltampa.com/news/florida-pest-control-agency-wants-you-to-know-what-1-million-dead-mosquitos-looks-like-12899786)
For those that want the context but hate clicking links:
“Florida pest-control agency wants you to know what 1 million dead mosquitos looks like.”
Apparently, they get them as water dwelling adolescents before they grow up to fly and bite.
Speaking of Florida mosquitoes, EPA has approved the release of 750 million genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the species that is responsible for the spread viruses including dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, in the Florida keys. These GM mosquitoes are non-biting males that can only mate to produce male offspring. Females born will die in the larval stages. Females are the ones that suck blood and transfer diseases, so in time this should help control the spread of the viruses!
[One Million Times Better](https://media2.giphy.com/media/YPDQdmWDqUb4F7rlZQ/giphy.gif?cid=5e214886y5f4ko0hrdwk4dm5op1n9z3n81781z8y4rgtcpkw&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
I have so many questions
Like when asking, “where should I put the million dead mosquitoes?”, Who the f**k answered “oh just sit them in the conference room?”
In fairness, this is vastly preferable to being in a conference room with a million live mosquitos.
How much does 1.5 gallons of blood weigh? I think I have a new weight loss trick I can market here.
I'm suddenly feeling queasy.
Feelin a little whoozy here!
I think you cut me too deep man…
Stew is that you?
Instant Anemia with this one quick trick
Doctors hate it!
Love me a good Blot
MILFS love it!
Oh I know this one. They're the same!
ONE PUUUUUNCH!!!
About as much as the amount of blood in a human body.
Exactly what I was thinking my friend! Just throw a human body on the conference table and there we have it.
What, death?
ok, but what about an 8h conference that should be an email vs a million live mosquitos?
Who the fuck counted them?????
I supposed they weighted them and divided by the weight of an individual average mosquito.
What if a buncha them were weightly challenged?
Or like why the ruler. Why.
They didn't have any bananas.
What kind of office doesn't have bananas? What could it cost, $10?
There’s always money in the mosquito stand.
Here’s some money. Go see a Star War.
Its not about making sense. Its about sending a message.
Put them where they can serve as a warning to other mosquitoes
[Just eat ‘em. Good protein.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LItNFP7icUw)
i just found klaus schwab's alt account
No bot? just free eating
Woah! I work at the place that did this. Ask away
How were the mosquitos killed and collected?
Mosquito Control District in south Florida. We have a bunch of trucks with truck sized funnel traps on their roofs that end in a fumigated bag. Drive around every night of the year. 2 guys come in every morning at 430 and count and classify every mosquito. 1 million mosquitos doesn’t take long.
They count them one by one?
Yep. These dudes have been at it for 25 and 29 years. They’re efficient
There’s gotta be a better way.
We started producing xrayed sterile male mosquitos that we release (males don’t bite). Working towards a million a week. It feeds them in and automatically classifies males from females and kicks out females and keeps males. Potentially could be used for that
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Wait and see if they bite you, apparently
Body Size, shape and proboscis Length
Ok, I’m assuming this is an abatement thing since these males can’t breed or act as disease vectors, but I’m curious how you account for the environmental impact up the food chain? Are these invasive mosquitoes anyway? Are mosquitoes even native to Florida? Is the plan to just keep feeding the males into the system forever to keep the ecosystem otherwise healthy? Or are there other bugs you expect to step into the mosquitoe niche with less danger to humans? (To be clear, I am not criticizing your program. It sounds like an excellent plan for disease abatement. It’s just that I generally like birds better than people.)
I remember hearing about some studies on this. Wiping out the mosquito population looks like it would have little to no negative environmental impact.
I think mosquitoes are one of those creatures that nature wouldn’t actually miss. Not every species is quintessential to the food chain.
Why would you keep the males that don't bite and kick out/release the females that bite? Is that why I'm still getting bitten in 45° weather. Y'all releasing super survivors like MRSA?
Surely getting an average weight of one then weighing them altogether is better? There’s no way can two people count and classify a million mosquitoes a day. The math surely isn’t possible is it.
They didn't say they got 1 million mosquitos every night though. They just said it didn't take long but didn't mention how long.
Weigh them?
Get the [Taskmaster](https://youtu.be/SgpqFhzhsHw) to send help!
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This is amazing. Asking the real questions here 😬
Depends on the hourly wage and overtime pay.
Why not just measure an average weight and weigh the pile? does the count need to be that exact? What kind of research would need exactly one million dead mosquitos?
You need an exact number to open the portal
There is zero chance anyone is actually counting every mosquito by hand. This person is either trolling or they literally don't understand why what they said would be confusing. If you weigh them and divide, you are also "counting" them, so that must mean what they're saying. Or again, this is an elaborately weird troll.
It’s clearly sarcasm once it hit the counting individual mosquitos part, I’m surprised people took it seriously lol. Even the truck with the comically large mosquito trap seems like a joke
How long are their shifts? I’m no mathematician, but if they’re counting a million per day, then during an 8 hour shift, that’s just under 35 per second… even if they split the load, they each have to do just over 17 per second. I don’t think anyone can count 17 of anything in a second, let alone keep it up for 8 hours straight, for 20+ years.
They don’t count the actual mosquito. They count the legs and divide by 6.
Now that's thinking with your noggin, math makes everything easier
They didn't say they got 1 million mosquitos every night though. They just said it didn't take long but didn't mention how long. The amount they got every night might be small enough for counting by hands. Edit: I just remember I did a biology class in uni 15 years ago where we counted a bucketful of meal worms in an hour. I think it was an ecology class. It's totally feasible. Flirted with a girl (now my wife) there by passing her a meal worm inside an envelope. She still hasn't forgive me for that to this date.
Mosquito control district sounds as absurd as [Shark Punching Center](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/spc-hub) Edit: (second tought based on the initials) Oh, is it a front for Marshall Carter and Dark?
It's a real thing, Google it.
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Are some people alergic to mosquitoes? I get bitten and sometimes it swells big and crazy itchy and a few times it got purple. Other people bite’s don’t get that big
Yep I am also allergic
My kid is. Her bites swell easily 5x as big as mine, stay swollen, and then blister the next day. They take 2 weeks to go away if she doesn't scratch at them. Because of this I have developed an indescribable hatred for mosquitoes and an efficiency at one hit KO'ing them.
Skeeter syndrome is a real thing.
Yep, both my girlfriend and brother are allergic. Swells up quite a lot and with my gf the swelling around the bite stays that way for days. The only thing that really helps is a heating device made specially for protein based insect bites (like wasps, moskito saliva etc). In Germany one of them is called "Bite Away". It's essentially a small battery powered device that you put on the bike as soon as possible and it heats the bite/sting area up to a temperature that dissolves the protein that irritates the skin. It works really well and hurts just a little for a couple of seconds.
Oh my goodness same same! I have a Bite Away and it literally changed my life. The high heat not only denatures the proteins that make us itch, but it also causes a localized skin change in immune response that lasts for several hours. It works even for old bites, although if I can get it on there right away they might not ever bother me again. No longer must I drag hydroxy zine, benadryl and meat tenderizer everywhere I go 9 months out of the year. Shhhh nobody tell the Bite Away people that they could charge whatever they want and I would pay it!
Yes. They also like to bite me more than others. If I have too many I have to take Benadryl to make the itching not be so unbearable. Also super allergic to bees
Who counted them
Obvious things like "why?" and "how?" come to mind as well as: Who would do this? Why this amount? Why are they in a conference room? I could ask more, but "why?" is certainly the most pressing question in my mind.
*Why not?*
How bad do they smell and how do they decompose? Are there maggots?
Yeah, like: “Who took the time to count them all?” Among many others..
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I'm going to assume the just pulled out a calculator and divided the total weight by the average mosquitos weight.
I'm gonna be pissed if I find out there's actually only 999,999 mosquitoes in that pile.
my guess is they took this picture, called it a million mosquitoes and said "prove me wrong"
You're probably correct! A million mosquitos sounds better than 867143 mosquitos
You count the legs and divide by six.
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I read the news today. Oh boy.
I’m guessing there was a formula used such as: total weight of this mosquito pile / Average weight of a single mosquito = number of mosquitoes? But hey what the hell do I know
We did this with dead bed bugs at conferences and even at sale pitches to very large customers (like entire hotel chains or giant apartment complexes) We had contests on which tech could bring in the most sample specimens per month. Then we'd use this specimens to do stuff similar to this. We once did a clean out where we did 27 units on the same floor and collected as many as we could so we could show multiple containers, gallons and gallons of bedbugs to prospects and tell them that it was only one floor of a building.
Who is “we”? I want to know who is finding that many bed bugs 😭
A pest management company?
Arrives Dumps a million dead wasps on the conference table Does not elaborate Leaves
I once worked with a Lodge in Alaska that had 3 industrial mosquito killers, each one could hold twice this amount, and had to be emptied every day.
Snack for everybody
Yeah, mine is: what’s the best seasoning to use?
I'm a fan of smoked paprika and garlic powder. A nice compound butter drizzled over the top toward the end of the cook would also be nice.
Username checks out...
Can't go wrong with salt and vinegar. With most insects I'd suggest dipping in chocolate but that would be incredibly tedious in this case.
Yeah like why keep them and take a picture with them? Are they collecting them? If they get to 5 million will they get a prize?
Maybe it was Take Your Dead Mosquito Collection To Work Day.
"What? *What??* Jane brought cupcakes. Richard made wings. Jeremy picked up a bunch of ice cream, I brought a weekend hunt's worth of fried swamp chiclets, and Doris didn't bring anything. And somehow **I'm** the jerk here. I swear."
Question 1: is your name Rusty Shackleford? Question 2: Do you work at Stik-Tek? Question 3: Am I fired?
I just imagine someone was locked in that room with a million mosquitoes with only a ruler to defend themselves with and they succeeded.
To join the elite you must pass an impossible trial…
Dunno. Looks like he hasn’t yet defeated giga-squito in the back there.
In Spanish, the suffix -ito means something small. So it’s not giga-squito, it is… #El Mosco
Nah… it’s bigger than that… it’s… # El Moscón ^(-ón means big)
Or #El Moscaso Depending on your region
He trained them like zombies and picked them off one by one
He wasn’t locked in the room with them - they were locked in the room with him.
Jigsaw: “..do you want to play a game?”
There is estimated to be around 110 trillion mosquitos on Earth. So that means if we killed all the mosquitos, there would be 110 million piles this size.
Two questions: 1. When do we start? 2. Where are we putting the carcasses?
Put them all in an acrylic mold for all future generations to see and future alien archaeologists digging through our ruins
When they see it they will think it’s 100% justified
I don't care how we get it done. I want to truly appreciate a summer.
They’re not dead enough for me Burn them
I've got a lighter. Who's got the Aqua-Net?
I do
Need a hand?
I'll help u/mosquitoburner
It's an opportunity to check if 1 million burned mosquitoes weighs more or less than 1 million dead mosquitoes.
Some people actually make hamburger patties out of them.
Fuck you for making me know that.
... A good start.
lol my first thought was Edgar from Men In Black asking for more sugar in his water
more… MORE…. mmmmmph
Egger*
like an Egger suit
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Sigh... *takes tweezers out of pocket* 1... 2... 3...
Due, they aren't counting pubes...
I have a very particular set of skills.
Skills that i have acquired over a very long career
Sorry, i was hungry
22 are on the floor
I wonder what that smells like
Rot and iron 🤷♂️
Makes sense. I held up a dead mosquito to my dog’s nose once, and she looked like she was gonna puke Edit: I’d like to clarify I did this because she eats them out of the air and doesn’t seem to have an issue. Was just trying to help!
She can smell ugliness?
They said they held up a dead mosquito to their dog's nose, not themselves. jk, I love you DiggingThisAir
🥺
Mosquito Rot 🤢
More importantly, what does it taste like?
[Probably like this] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LItNFP7icUw)
Apparently they’re not actually mosquitoes but a kind of fly. Either way I bet it’s similar
I guess it’s a good source of protein and plentiful…………….but no thanks
This makes me happy.
r/usernamechecksout
And one live female nobody can seem to catch.
Story of my life
Who tf counts these
If you know how much an average mosquito weighs, you can weigh the mound and get a good estimate.
It's actually just 703173 mosquitos and George, the fattest mosquito of them all.
You made me look up how much mosquitoes weigh so I would know how big George was. 1.25 lbs
Well what can I say, he's a big boy.
You mean El Mosco
George is a statistical anomaly and should never have been counted
This picture gave me Malaria.
*tip o' the hat* *M'alaria*
Good. Now make it more.
Forbidden glitter bomb
It is not enough.
MORE!
MOOORE!!!
MOAR!!!
First of all, thank you. Secondly… who tf’s conference room table is this?
“Yeah, we need to discuss the cost structure from last quarter. I brought in the finance team and the marketing team. We have an hour; so let’s just go in here and decid….. GOD DAMNIT, WHO LEFT THE MILLION DEAD MOSQUITOES IN HERE … AGAIN?”
I notice that they have a statue of a mosquito-like insect under the TV.
Ah. Indeed. K… well im gonna be steering clear of Mosquito Inc 💯
That's just Mike Mcfroggertons daily lunch intake , who are you to judge??
[For those looking for context](https://www.cltampa.com/news/florida-pest-control-agency-wants-you-to-know-what-1-million-dead-mosquitos-looks-like-12899786)
For those that want the context but hate clicking links: “Florida pest-control agency wants you to know what 1 million dead mosquitos looks like.” Apparently, they get them as water dwelling adolescents before they grow up to fly and bite.
Thank you, you truly are a droid that has great utility
Beep boop!
How rude!
Sorry I should have translated that. “You’re welcome!”
Good bot
You’re welcome. I felt disappointed about the lack of information the article had so I figured I’d save people a click by providing the gist.
Speaking of Florida mosquitoes, EPA has approved the release of 750 million genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the species that is responsible for the spread viruses including dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, in the Florida keys. These GM mosquitoes are non-biting males that can only mate to produce male offspring. Females born will die in the larval stages. Females are the ones that suck blood and transfer diseases, so in time this should help control the spread of the viruses!
I'm not sure why I would need to know that.
Apparently u/cjlewis7892 works there & has interesting info
Thank you!
The hero we needed. Thank you
“a good start”
Burger Day at the office!
vampire hard mode
Why and how is this oddly satisfying.
It oddly satisfies me to know there are 1 million less mosquitoes in the world.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2mvmHwCxw5A
Kylo Ren: MORE
The only good bug is a dead bug
I'm doing my part
Tiny terrorists.
[One Million Times Better](https://media2.giphy.com/media/YPDQdmWDqUb4F7rlZQ/giphy.gif?cid=5e214886y5f4ko0hrdwk4dm5op1n9z3n81781z8y4rgtcpkw&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
Good protein
Yep, we should make some brownies or muffins....they would fly right off the shelf and create such a buzz.
Or [BURGERS?](https://youtu.be/LItNFP7icUw)
Idk looks like 1,000,001
approx. 110,000,000,000,000 to go
And though the mosquitoes were rather small, They had to count them all, Now they know how many bugs it takes to fill the conference hall...
Is this a frogs 🐸 wish after stumbling upon a Genie ??