I let this thread go without mentioning that it's not only possible, but
likely, that different species of mosquito have
different 'tastes'. Seems appropriate now, as one can't be sure that stinky
socks will attract N. American mosquitoes.
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/14/MNCS1K9VFV.DTL>
Sweet Feet Moose
On 7/4/2011 9:21 AM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> This thread remind me of the recent cover story in
> Nature---investigator from UC Riverside. He found some blockers and
> super agonists for the
> mosquito CO2 receptor. Simple stuff like butanal, IIRC.
>
> http://newsroom.ucr.edu/2645
>
> IIRC it was over 10 years ago that someone notice homology between
> fruit fly odor receptor and some genes in female skeeters---one down
> regulated by blood meal.
> I believe over 75 receptors ar enow known --likely some for butylamine
> and lactic acid but the biggie seems to be CO2. Some are working on
> super agonists for the CO2
> receptor and putting it in house paint---voilà, no skeeters at your
> barbeque. I'll defer to Dean on the details on any of this.
>
> Frequent skeeter target, Mike
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