Attracting Mosquitoes with Octenol

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Attracting Mosquitoes with Octenol

In addition to carbon dioxide and warm air (things that are highly attractive to female mosquitoes), a mosquito Skeeter Vac sometimes adds octenol into the gases it “exhales”. This chemical has also been found useful in increasing the number of female mosquitoes attracted and captured.

   

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