Mosquitoes falling asleep on the job .
Andre Willers
31 Mar 2013
Synopsis :
Mosquitoes select humans with low melatonin levels to
prevent themselves falling asleep .
Discussion :
1.Mass of mosquito ~ 2.5 mg .
2.Mass of blood meal ~2.5 mg . Mosquito’s mass doubles .
3.If the human is asleep (ie high melatonin concentration) ,
this means a huge influx of melatonin .
4.The mosquito’s diurnal rhythms are disturbed . It risks
falling asleep . See Appendix III
5.It risks increased predation while it feels sleepy : see
Appendix I
6.Melatonin decreases plasmodium fellow-travellers . See
Appendix II
The mosquito benefits from malaria since it leads to a herd
of “milk-cow” humans too lethargic for active counter measures,
but who are reservoirs of the disease . A nasty bunch of
cronies .
7.Mosquitoes have thus evolved the following characteristics:
7.1 Activity in early evening or early dawn , when humans
are awake and melatonin concentration is low .
7.2 The mozzie whine . This keeps humans awake (one mosquito
can keep a whole roomful of humans awake) , thereby lowering melatonin .
Sure , the whine is used as a sexual selection criterion .
Exactly for this reason . The female that can keep humans awake is a fitter partner
and is accordingly selected by the males .
8.How does the mosquito know what the melatonin levels are ?
Those long chemo-sensitive antennae .
9.We can convince the mosquito that a closed volume does not
contain suitable prey by spraying with
http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Plus-Melatonin-Spray-liquid/dp/B00028N5L6
or something similar .
Super-melatonin like Valdoxane and their ilk will require a
lot of testing .
10.No resistance can develop without changing the whole cyclic
nature of the mosquito .
This will disrupt the plasmodium life-cycle .
11.Driving mosquitoes mad :
Limburger cheese (see Appendix IV) and Melatonin spray (see
Appendix I , II , III) together should disrupt the mosquito’s
nervous system (drive it mad) . This will disrupt the whine
patterns , signifying that it is not a fit mating partner .
The mosquito might realize the threat and depart (most likely)
or kamikaze (fall asleep) .
Sleep kamikaze . A new one .
12.Caffeine
Caffeine is a powerful insecticide , especially for mosquito
larvae . Also very old . So it will be
in the mosquito’s antennae list of bad things to avoid .
13. Though you should draw the line at teabags or coffee
grounds between the toes .
14. A cheap and simple deterrent :
14.1 Chase the mosquitoes away .
Get a ordinary spritzer (hand atomizer) . Fill it with very strong
cold coffee into which some melatonin has been dissolved . Spritz it in an
enclosed space . The effects on the human should be interesting . If necessary
leave out the coffee .
14.2 Drive the mozzies mad .
Limburger cheese (see Appendix IV) . A nice limburger cheese
sandwich with coffee and melatonin spritzers will keep all sorts of
bloodsuckers away .
As divorce duellists say :
“Limburger sandwiches for two and coffee for one”
Drive the mozzies mad , not vice versa .
Regards
Andre
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Appendix I
Predation risk due to increased mass of blood meal .
“jet-lagged travellers may be more susceptible to getting
infected with malaria. “
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Appendix II
Terminator melatonin .
Plasmodium is a genus of Apicomplexan parasites. ... simultaneously
during the night It is known that melatonin plays a role but
how this ...
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Plasmodium falciparum has been the focus of much research due to it
being the ...least in part dependent on melatonin secretion
by the host. ...
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part of combination therapy for multiresistant Plasmodium falciparum
. ... Discovery and development of melatonin receptor
agonists ...
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Appendix III
Do Mosquitoes Sleep?
By Elizabeth Miller
Yes they do.
Unfortunately, they don't like to sleep at the same time we do. Most mosquitoes
are active at night or at dusk and dawn, and rest or sleep during the day.
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Appendix IV
Hyper-attractant for mosquitoes
Limburger cheese .
Brevibacterium
linens is the organism responsible .
Evolve a hyper-scent
image (scent idoru) .
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