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A technique for marking mosquitoes with fluorescent compounds and watching them by ultra-violet light has been developed, to study the movements of these insects at night without affecting their normal behaviour. The method seems very promising and opens out possibilities for the study of the ecology and bionomics of mosquitoes hitherto not possible.
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PAL, R. Marking Mosquitoes with Fluorescent Compounds and Watching them by Ultra-Violet Light. Nature 160, 298–299 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160298b0
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