Bob Denton said: The vibrator is supposed to mimic the vibrations of a dragon fly's wings. A mosquito's natural enemy. Here in Florida they are called mosquito hawks. The concept may work if the mosquitoes have adapted to an aversion to those specific vibrations. Question: How does the mosquito evolve to have the behavior of avoiding a sound that precedes their death? I believe that mosquitos do not communicate information to each other, along the lines of "And another thing, kiddies, if you hear a buzzing sound - duck!" So the behavior would have to evolve by increased survival of mosquitos who recognized the sound as indicating danger, avoided the danger, and lived to reproduce. I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but is there someone more familiar with evolution than this old anthropology major who does know? Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 23 2003 - 07:31:36 PDT
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