Are mosquitoes blind?

[Carolyn King]

This is an interesting question.  I've never seen mosquitoes coming to 
mercury vapour lights.  Perhaps it's regional, different species?  I've 
run MV lights mainly around Toronto, but also places in B.C., Costa Rica, 
Guyana, Texas and Washington.
I used to run a UV light now and then (Toronto, Point Pelee, Manitoulin 
Island), and I don't remember mosquitoes gathering around them either.  I 
seldom wear insect repellent, so I should have noticed.
What have others experienced?
Carolyn King
Toronto



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"Bernardo Rossi" <b.rossi at tin.it> wrote in message 
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> The female mosquitoes, which go around stinging people,
> they are attracted by carbon dioxide and various scents.
> Now the question is: are they blind or do they see?
> Or also: do they get attracted by the UV lamps with the high voltage
> grids, which fry normal flies?
>
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> -- 
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> Byebye from Verona, Italy
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> Bernardo Rossi              b.rossi at tin.it

They have functional compound eyes. I get many at mercury vapor lights 
depending on where I am. 


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