A student volunteer was sent into a room with 100 hungry mosquitoes. Here’s why

Researchers studied mosquitoes for three years. Here’s what they found

A student volunteer was sent into a room with 100 hungry mosquitoes. Here’s why

Researchers have spent three years trying to understand the behavior of the deceivingly simple insect

Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how these deadly insects reach their targets

by David Hu, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] “Four minutes is too long.” That’s the note undergraduate Chris Zuo sent me along with photos of countless mosquito bites on his bare skin. This full-body massacre wasn’t the result of a camping trip gone awry. He’d spent that limited amount of time in a room with 100 hungry mosquitoes while wearing nothing but a mesh suit…

He Volunteered as Human Bait for a Study on Mosquitos

I feel sympathy for students who have to do the scut work in scientific studies on their way to becoming a scientist, like sorting through millions of insects or timing and measuring poop. Finally, one of these sacrificial lambs is getting the recognition they deserve. Chris Zuo was an undergraduate when he volunteered to help with a study on mosquitos (he now has a masters) at the University of Georgia. He wore a mesh suit, presumably the kind …