Associative learning turns DEET from aversive to appetitive in Aedes aegypti
28 points by croes 3 days ago | 8 comments

gobdovan 2 hours ago
In plain English, they made mosquitos like repellent.
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Y-bar 54 minutes ago
Tldr: Repelln’t.
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zeafoamrun 58 minutes ago
Could this already be happening out in the wild?
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trhway 52 minutes ago
that explains. I was always wondering why in Siberia (where i worked for 2 summers back then at university times) coming out from house with freshly applied DEET you're getting covered with mosquitos - i was attributing that to the especial ferociousness of the mosquitos there - yet it sounds like the smell of DEET for them in those towns may have become like a BBQ smell for us :)
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MiracleRabbit 21 minutes ago
Freshly marinated in DEET
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aaron695 42 minutes ago
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lazide 2 hours ago
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danparsonson 47 minutes ago
It's OK, we still have picaridin
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jameslk 40 minutes ago
Picaridin is the better choice as well. DEET is gross stuff that ruins many materials used for outdoor clothes and gear
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lazide 27 minutes ago
I read the paper - if they can train them to like deet this way, picaridin will be child’s play.
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