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So covering the cows half in white paint, halved the number of bites? Seems like a large number of flaws in this study: 1. This wasn't 100% so maybe flies avo
by Ensorceled 7y ago
So covering the cows half in white paint, halved the number of bites?
Seems like a large number of flaws in this study:
1. This wasn't 100% so maybe flies avoided the painted cows and just went to bite the non painted cows in the study. Would this work if the whole herd was painted? I know from personal experience that the best mosquito repellant is to bring a "city slicker" as bait but you need DEET if one isn't available.
2. Maybe it's the paint and if you cover the entire cow the flies stay away entirely?
3. How long did this experiment run? Once they horseflies get hungry or ending their season, they get more aggressive (they are getting aggressive right now in Ontario)
- clnhlzmn 7y agoThey did paint some of the cows with black paint to rule out the effect coming only from the paint itself.
- oh_sigh 7y agoSeems like a large number of flaws in this post. Usually it's helpful to read a study before pointing out flaws in it.
- Ensorceled 7y ago1 flaw. Missed the part where the also had black painted cows. Still doesn't cover the other 2 issues.
- oh_sigh 7y agoPoint 3 is also covered in the study.
- csunbird 7y agoor maybe flies simply do not like the smell of paint and went to bite the ones without paint. Maybe if you paint all cows they continue biting the same, since they will rather bite cows with paint smell instead of dying of starvation