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The first thing you do when you're unpacking after arriving anywhere that's plagued by mosquitoes is to deploy and activate your bedside table Sacrificial Mosquito Arm.
This is a super realistic human arm that's stored flat, then inflated to life size by releasing some gas into it from a small cylinder,
similar to the ones used to power mixed drink soda syphons.
The arm must then be plugged in to the mains electric in order to cause it begin releasing a cocktail of gases (esp CO2), organic chemicals and surface glue via its myriad of tiny skin pores. Any mosquito landing on the arm, attracted by the irresistible combination of smells and gases, is instantly glued into place.
Sacrificial Mosquito Arm is unplugged and washed clean in a warm shower at the end of your stay, then deflated for easy packing.
Deluxe version comes with choice of tattoos, watches and rings for added realism and of course in male or female arm types. Extra hairy arms naturally cost more.
what are mosquitoes attracted to
https://pmc.ncbi.nl...rticles/PMC8906108/
[xenzag, Jul 20 2026]
Mosquitobait
Mosquitobait
[Voice, Jul 20 2026]
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I think you'll sell more if they're disposable. |
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Could also help with distracting armed intruders, while I reach for the Ruger .25 auto in my inside pocket [+] |
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"If you shoot me with a .25 ... And I find out about it ..." |
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Your pyjamas have an inside pocket? |
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Could just have a simple flypaper version. [+] |
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Can I get the "Fat Ankle" version? |
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//while I reach for the Ruger .25 auto in my inside pocket [+]// |
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//"If you shoot me with a .25 ... And I find out about it ..."// |
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heh. Strangely, you'd be very likely to find out about it - maybe it stings when you get soap in the wound while showering. Conversely, a 12g slug to the chest you'd never find out about. |
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There are human skin mimetics to attract mosquitos <link> but they seem a little cutting edge for this application. |
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Didn't they used to use piglets for this application, or did I get that from some fictional book? |
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You'd be surprised. .22 LR is one of the most commonly used calibers for covert agents to assassinate targets up close. Compact enough to conceal, quiet enough the sound doesn't carry very far, especially if suppressed, and more than powerful enough to penetrate a skull. The .25 auto has slightly less penetration, but being centerfire has much greater reliability. It's gonna go bang every single time. |
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The Welrod was .32ACP, no? |
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The Welrod predates Mossad, who have made a real name for the .22 LR caliber. |
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//The Welrod predates Mossad// |
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The Welrod predates about 20 countries. |
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I get the point of firearm suppression, you're expanding and cooling gasses in a contained manner. Literally containing as much of the explosion as possible. It occurs to me that a person is a big bag of wet salty stuff. That's quite a good thing when it comes to quietening explosions. .22 is quite survivable - but bigger rounds need bigger explosions, so why not put some explosion in the bullet? |
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