Building a mosquito-killing machine? Buy fruit flies by the thousand for target practice
Hydration_HQ · x · 2026-09-01
Context: @yacineMTB is building a mosquito-destroying machine that already hits simulated mosquitoes on a monitor; his scanner runs at 570 fps, nearing refresh-rate limits, so he wants live flying targets.
A helpful reply suggests fruit flies (Drosophila): sold by the thousand at pet stores as reptile food, kept asleep with CO2 (better than cold) for handling. yacineMTB calls it extremely helpful—though the targets do need to fly.
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