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| Skeeterbag 2.1TM |
Skeeterbag 2.1TM
Three years of testing and the University of Florida. When we showed these results to the University of Florida's, Department of Entomology we got mixed reviews from doctors Clark and Kline. Our intention was to seek USDA testing and certification for SkeeterbagTM. While impressed with the quantity of mosquitoes SkeeterbagTM caught, they were unimpressed with the data itself. We just stuffed the mosquitoes in bags and weighed them out. It's true, we have no data on what species SkeeterbagTM catches but, we can say this: SkeeterbagTM catches any species that hang around animals and people long enough to get sucked into the bag. Like catching criminals in the act. If you ask me, that should do the trick for disease control but, I am no scientist. The USDA requires that a grad student spend countless hours counting, classifying, sexing, and weighting before they can tell us what we already know. That SkeeterbagTM catches the mosquitoes that spend time around animals including the ones that spread West Nile Virus and heart worms. Dr. Kline himself was a Source for, "Carbon dioxide mosquito traps no magic bullet, say UF experts," a report published by the University of Florida News which stated that, "...traps that have live hosts significantly out perform chemically baited traps." Dr. Clark suggested that mosquitoes may be attracted to the fans themselves. They give off a vibration and heat signature similar to warm blooded animals. Maybe but, I think SkeeterbagTM catches all the right mosquitoes. The ones that are hanging around for all the wrong reasons. If we catch a few extra species because they can't live without the fan, so be it. Dr. Kline was concerned that SkeeterbagTM might be catching lots of other flying bugs too like Moths, Black Termites, Flies, and so on. And the problem is? So, the long and short of it is, these tests are primitive and basic. Loads of mosquitoes in color coated, date stamped, zip-lock bags. Mosquitoes were counted using the standard accepted counting formula 1gram = 1,000 mosquitoes. |
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