Judging from the mentioned 2011 paper [0], it makes everything smell like CO2 to the mosquito. So, it can't track anything at "long" distances. While DEET works

Judging from the mentioned 2011 paper [0], it makes everything smell like CO2 to the mosquito. So, it can't track anything at "long" distances. While DEET works by neurologically making things "smell different" [1]. [0] http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7349/full/nature10081.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7349/full/nature1... [1] http://phys.org/news/2011-09-deet-insects.html http://phys.org/news/2011-09-deet-insects.html