I'm a grad student in a lab fighting mosquitoes...

[mr715]

My boss and colleague gave an interview with Telemundo.

If you can, drop a like and get us some good press.

https://www.youtube.com/live/DjutxEcKUuM


PS - I realize most of the interview is conducted in spanish. Apologies.

[Intractable]

1. The headline makes it seem like you are under siege.

Good luck there, brave soul!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zKr7yF_ZIJc

[mr715]

2. The little bugs don't like me too much.

Other people get eaten alive.

DEET is by far the most effective repellant out there, but the mosquitoes are evolving a degree of resistance to it.

[vanlassie]

3. I keep DEET on all summer. And I keep mosquito fish in a make shift pond on my front porch.

It’s BAD.

[mr715]

4. My former advisor studied mosquitofish

Turns out they have two color morphs - silver and mottled, and they behave differently. If I remember correctly, the mottled form is roughly 1% of the population and is much smarter and more aggressive. They kind of bully the other fish. And they learn from watching other fish more readily.

[vanlassie]

5. That's interesting!

I think they are amazing for living thru the winter under ice at times.