Silly problem with sound source localization

Rune Allnor wrote:
> On 1 Mai, 05:04, HardySpicer <gyansor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Here's a good question, how do insects see in the dark? Say a mosquito
>>- do they have infra read?
> 
> 
> Don't know how reliable it is, but the word around here
> is that mosquitos locate potential targets from the target's
> CO emissions. There are, apparently, a couple of other
> factors as well, like that the mosquitos are more inclined to
> go for dark-colored targets than light-color targets (I suppose
> furs of the mammals around here tend to be dark). Locating
> targets from CO would certainly work any time of day. Or night.
> 
> Rune

Bet you meant CO2 ;/

On 1 Mai, 13:10, Richard Owlett <rowl...@atlascomm.net> wrote:
> Rune Allnor wrote:
> > On 1 Mai, 05:04, HardySpicer <gyansor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>Here's a good question, how do insects see in the dark? Say a mosquito
> >>- do they have infra read?
>
> > Don't know how reliable it is, but the word around here
> > is that mosquitos locate potential targets from the target's
> > CO emissions. There are, apparently, a couple of other
> > factors as well, like that the mosquitos are more inclined to
> > go for dark-colored targets than light-color targets (I suppose
> > furs of the mammals around here tend to be dark). Locating
> > targets from CO would certainly work any time of day. Or night.
>
> > Rune
>
> Bet you meant CO2 ;/

Ah. Yes. CO would indicate that the mammal would
better be food for scavengers, not mosquitos.

CO is only generated when something burns, right?

Rune

HardySpicer wrote:

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> Here's a good question, how do insects see in the dark? Say a mosquito
> - do they have infra read?

There's a critical assumption here: that mosquitoes see in the dark. Is 
there any supporting evidence? (Mosquitoes find their victims by 
following the carbon dioxide gradient produced by respiration.)

Jerry
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