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  2. 1-Octen-3-ol - Wikipedia

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    1-Octen-3-ol, octenol for short and also known as mushroom alcohol, [1] is a chemical that attracts biting insects such as mosquitoes. It is contained in human breath and sweat, and it is believed that insect repellent DEET works by blocking the insects' octenol odorant receptors .

  3. Mosquito control - Wikipedia

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    Its concentration can vary among individuals, partly explaining why mosquitoes are more attracted to some people than others. Octenol: Also known as mushroom alcohol, octenol is present in human breath and sweat. It is particularly attractive to some mosquito species and is used in combination with carbon dioxide in mosquito traps.

  4. Minecraft server - Wikipedia

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    The oldest anarchy server in Minecraft; there is no officially set list of rules, allowing the use of cheats and obscene language ingame. Its map is one of the longest-running server maps in the game. It has since updated to Minecraft version 1.20 after previously running on Minecraft version 1.12 for many years. [25] [26] [27] Autcraft: 2013

  5. Mosquito - Wikipedia

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    A human's unique body odour indicates that the target is actually a human host rather than some other living warm-blooded animal (as the presence of CO 2 shows). Body odour, composed of volatile organic compounds emitted from the skin of humans, is the most important cue used by mosquitoes. [ 42 ]

  6. Will drinking alcohol really attract more mosquito bites ...

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  7. Mosquito-borne disease - Wikipedia

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    That means about 100 mosquitoes could emerge from a 1-liter habitat per day while people there try to have their water in much larger volume there come at-home mosquito habitats, they don't emerge at once but gradually throughout the day. At best spraying will kill all live insects at the time, not the newly emerges.

  8. Local elimination of mosquitoes is possible. Here’s why we ...

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    Here’s why we shouldn’t simply kill them all. ... only a few of which transmit human pathogens, so if the disease-transmitting species were eliminated, non-disease-transmitting species would ...

  9. Do male mosquitoes bite humans? Turns out, they might ... - AOL

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    After being feasted on by Cape Cod mosquitoes, I started to wonder if male mosquitoes bite people. Here's the answer!