Using Drones to Combat Mosquitoes in California, USA | Mosquitoes | California, USA
For thousands of years, the competition between humans and mosquitoes has never stopped. Recently, Orange County in southern California, USA has deployed drones to combat mosquitoes, which are believed to be a more precise and effective new method than traditional mosquito control methods.
According to the Associated Press on June 29th, California had a rainy winter last year, leading to a surge in mosquito numbers this summer. In the Orange County area, some mosquito catching devices have caught three times the average number of mosquitoes in the past 15 years, making the task of mosquito control urgent.
Local drones were immediately deployed to deliver specific drugs in parks, swamps, ponds and other areas in order to accurately kill mosquito larvae. Drone operator John Savage described mosquito larvae as filter feeders who can ingest this drug into their bodies. "If you have watched the movie Alien, you can imagine the scene: mosquitoes' exploding from the inside out '.".
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In the past, mosquito exterminators often carried medication buckets and manually sprayed mosquito repellents. In addition, trucks, planes, and helicopters can also deliver mosquito repellents. Compared with these traditional methods, drones can deliver drugs more quickly and accurately, taking only two minutes to "complete" a delivery area of over 4000 square meters, while the same task requires mosquito exterminators to walk for over an hour to complete.
In addition, the hiking activities of mosquito exterminators may damage the natural environment and affect wildlife, and drones will not cause these problems.