Mosquito Flower Power

Posted by Zac on May 6th, 2009 and filed under Gadget, Research, Science. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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Where I live, there are Mosquitoes, and not just a few, tons of big Mosquitoes. I blame New Orleans, move back to your own backyard! That is why I am excited about this little flower.

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I have actually read about it several times, and now it has moved a little closer to production. US News has a little more information coming out on it:

The ProVector uses sugar, chemicals and a biopesticide called Bacillus thuringiensis to attract and kill the bugs. The insects feed on the deadly nectar through a metal screen on the artificial flower.

Kollars is now looking to market the devices where mosquito-borne illnesses thrive. He said the ultimate design is expected to cost between $7 and $10.

“One man can’t defeat mosquitoes,” he said. “They have killed more people than all wars combined. But I can start being part of the team that defeats them.”

Amen kind sir! I will gladly drop a grand to make my yard look like some kind of acid trip, where do I sign up?

(Via US News.)

Some other decent info here.

2 Responses for “Mosquito Flower Power”

  1. wil grist says:

    Where can I buy the mosquito flower. Thank you

    • Zac says:

      Sadly, as far as I know, there is nowhere yet. I have actually tried to contact the inventor to no answer. Last I heard they were still looking for a distributor. Which kind of makes we wonder how well it works. I had high hopes, but if no one wants to pick it up, then it is either just too hard to manufacture, or else it doesn’t work as well as the article makes it look it does.

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