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minus-squareBaroqueInMind@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up107·3 days agoThe real reason is the bass frequencies perturb their flight causing them to be too disoriented to mate or eat. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/playing-skrillex-may-help-ward-mosquito-bites-180971849/
minus-squarecannon_annon88@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·3 days agoSo all I have to do is blast this song on repeat to my backyard all summer long and I won’t have any mosquitos?
minus-squareSomewhiteguy@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up81·3 days agoAlso your neighbors and friends will be too disoriented and perturbed to mate.
minus-squareRamSwamson@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoIf I play it say, once an hour, will it encourage them to go away, or do they go right back to feeding once the song is over?
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-23 days agoI think they all leave in disgust in your music taste. So do all the humans
minus-squareRednax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoNor any pesky neighbours! Win win!
minus-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoIf it’s just the bass, sounds like you can play any banger.
The real reason is the bass frequencies perturb their flight causing them to be too disoriented to mate or eat.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/playing-skrillex-may-help-ward-mosquito-bites-180971849/
So all I have to do is blast this song on repeat to my backyard all summer long and I won’t have any mosquitos?
Also your neighbors and friends will be too disoriented and perturbed to mate.
Blue Balls Bass™
The Blue note.
If I play it say, once an hour, will it encourage them to go away, or do they go right back to feeding once the song is over?
I think they all leave in disgust in your music taste. So do all the humans
Nor any pesky neighbours! Win win!
If it’s just the bass, sounds like you can play any banger.