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Bundaberg, Qld.
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May 2002
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mozzie sensors...
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Tue, 05 April 2005 21:49
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them little bastard mozzies, how do they know where we are?
why is it that as soon as you turn off the light you get the annoying little buzzes come past your ears etc and they wanna feed.
do they have really good night vision or a great nose that smells out our stench?
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: mozzie sensors...
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Tue, 05 April 2005 22:51
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They have infra-red vision. Any suitable warm-blooded creature (eg you) is lit up like a neon sign to them.
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
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April 2003
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Re: mozzie sensors...
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Tue, 05 April 2005 22:53
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| feral4mr2 wrote on Wed, 06 April 2005 07:49 |
them little bastard mozzies, how do they know where we are?
why is it that as soon as you turn off the light you get the annoying little buzzes come past your ears etc and they wanna feed.
do they have really good night vision or a great nose that smells out our stench?
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TELL ME ABOUT IT
they won't touch you while you are up, but there must be something about a "horizontal human" that sets a trigger off in their brains to "seek and destroy" lol
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Location:
Bundaberg, Qld.
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: mozzie sensors...
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Tue, 05 April 2005 23:01
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| Norbie wrote on Wed, 06 April 2005 08:51 |
They have infra-red vision. Any suitable warm-blooded creature (eg you) is lit up like a neon sign to them.
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hrmm ok. so is there a certain colour light that would distract their infa-red vision?
could i have a neon glow in my bedroom? hehe
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
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February 2005
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Re: mozzie sensors...
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Tue, 05 April 2005 23:06
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| Norbie wrote on Wed, 06 April 2005 08:51 |
They have infra-red vision. Any suitable warm-blooded creature (eg you) is lit up like a neon sign to them.
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actually, they're attracted by the carbon dioxide in our breath as a main way of finding a live object to obtain food from.
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I Supported Toymods
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Lwr Templestowe, Melbourne
Registered:
August 2004
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Re: mozzie sensors...
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Tue, 05 April 2005 23:17
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| Merudo wrote on Wed, 06 April 2005 09:06 |
| Norbie wrote on Wed, 06 April 2005 08:51 |
They have infra-red vision. Any suitable warm-blooded creature (eg you) is lit up like a neon sign to them.
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actually, they're attracted by the carbon dioxide in our breath as a main way of finding a live object to obtain food from.
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What he said.
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Girraween,Sydney
Registered:
September 2003
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Re: mozzie sensors...
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Wed, 06 April 2005 00:00
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So if i stop breathing they wont get me?? 
You could always have a try at hanging one of those bug zapper things in you room!!! 
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
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May 2002
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Wed, 06 April 2005 00:23
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And wearing Aeroguard blocks their sensors and effectively makes you invisible to them. It doesn't repel them.
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Central Coast, NSW
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February 2005
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Wed, 06 April 2005 01:58
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| justcallmefrank wrote on Wed, 06 April 2005 10:23 |
And wearing Aeroguard blocks their sensors and effectively makes you invisible to them. It doesn't repel them.
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yeah ive seen the ad... i wonder how many kids saw that ad where people are spraying themselves with aeroguard and theyre turning invisible, then they run to the cupboard, spray themselves with so much aerogard they knock themselves unconscious etc
oh the hilarity
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Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: mozzie sensors...
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Wed, 06 April 2005 02:00
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Eat lots of garlic and mosquitos wont go near you, or humans for that matter  .
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Location:
Bundaberg, Qld.
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: mozzie sensors...
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Wed, 06 April 2005 13:02
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damn.. i was hoping to put some neons in ma room...
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: mozzie sensors...
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Wed, 06 April 2005 13:07
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breeze is the simplest solutions - the little bastards have trouble flying in turbulence.
if the fan or other air-circulation device (farting doesn't count) is a no go - then one of them gizmo's that plugs into a wall power socket and uses a strip of nasty chemicals to distract the mozzies.
i you're into hippie shit and stuff - burn numerous incense sticks - down side is that at some point you'll start a fire at point or your neighbors will think you've become a pot-smoking hippie and proceed to dob you in during the next Operation Judas.
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I Supported Toymods
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Sydney
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December 2002
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Re: mozzie sensors...
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Wed, 06 April 2005 13:10
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If they see using infra red and find people via carbon dioxide maybe you could have a few plants in your room and an infra red spotlight.
Infrared spotlights are used frequently with surveilance equipment... you can pick one up at Jaycar, DSE, Altronics etc.
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