Comments on: Male and Female Mosquitoes Buzz in Harmony to Make a Sweet Love Song

By: jim croff

jim croff — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:31:18 +0000

oh my god

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:26:55 +0000

Wait a minute if mosquitoes need sugar to fly…Store all the sugar away temporarily so all mosquitoes end up on the ground which would then allow us to CAREFULLY place them in a Space Shuttle thingymajiggy and send em’ off to a planet with a portion of sugar so they can fly and then that would be the end of our troubles…So no more mosquitoes biting us and spreading malaria and stuff…Also give the mossies a little parting gift (Animals we dont want on the earth!)

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:19:58 +0000

So basically the feamles and males “Buzz In Harmony” in order to mate?
Well then i’m sure that if they were wiped off the face of the earth it’d be a good thing y’know i mean like they are so annoying with their buzzing.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:03:33 +0000

PLEASE NOTE THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MOSQUITOES AT ALL

ppls when u see a trail of ants wipe some saliva through a part of the trail as ants follow each other by the smell of their “Neighbours” Butt,
The ants usually freak out when u do this so try boxing them in.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:48:20 +0000

How can u tell the difference between a female and a male mosquito?

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:46:50 +0000

Well there’s actually probably NO negative effects if mosquitoes WERE wiped off the face of the earth but hey i say good riddance 2 em’ kill em all!!

By: cin

cin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:03:56 +0000

I am wondering if we are thinking sound and the mosquitos are ‘thinking’ turbulence… if so, our great minds and our work won’t be worth a mosquito bite.

By: Frank Mosier

Frank Mosier — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:50:56 +0000

Maggie–There’s probably no relliable way to predict “unintended consequences”. Too many variables. A lot of people were against eliminating smalllpox entirely,and actually, I believe the jury is still out on that one.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:45:42 +0000

Would there be any negatives if mosquitos were completely wiped out?

By: Phil Seymour

Phil Seymour — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:07:47 +0000

Thanks for the information. I have studied the sounds of horned owls and they too, sing a mating song. Like the mosquitoes, the female has the lower note. When the owls get together they hoot a “third”, whereas, according to this article, the mosquitoes buzz a “fifth”. I wonder what the interval is for other types of mosquitoes?

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:19:28 +0000

@ Eliza: That sounds promising, as long as by “acoustic interference,” researchers don’t mean “Nikelback.” Or “Creed.”

By: nick

nick — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:44:30 +0000

Perhaps playing a bunch of frequencies right near 1200hz (i.e. a bunch of noise, not a single tone) would confuse them into thinking they weren’t “doin it rite,” as the lolcats would say.

On another note, this is interesting because it seems the only way can coexist with nature at our standards (and us, being a product of nature, are natural, and so are our creations) is to domesticate it. To deal with these mosquitos, we’re basically making ourselves a mosquito army to run a deceit play on the way nature is currently doin it. Basic psy-ops. :) If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

By: Eliza Strickland

Eliza Strickland — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:00:33 +0000

@ Darron: There's been a bit of speculation on that idea. Ronald Hoy told the AP that the 1200-Hz tone is unpleasant to humans, and that it sounds like "the worst ever case of ringing in the ears." But the BBC says that researchers may investigate ways to use "acoustic interference," which they say would involve "playing audio frequencies which confuse the mosquitoes, or discourage them from mating."

By: Darron

Darron — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:21:13 +0000

I’m far more interested in knowing if another tone can be produced to interrupt the 1200Hz overtone to create a situation where the mosquitos won’t mate. Maybe there is something to those plug-in tone generating bug gadgets after all!!!

But seriously, if it were possible to interrupt breeding in this manner, then maybe it is a solution. Assuming the selected tone is high enough in frequency to not annoy humans or other animals.