The article says that the spray moistens the body and wings of the blood-sucking insects, which after that are no longer able to fly. During the spray test, it was seen that the mosquitoes fell and no longer rose into the air.
And the novelty blocked the spiracles of the insects, as a result they died from lack of oxygen.
Earlier it was reported about the appearance in Finland of a new species of mosquito for this region Culex Modetus (spreads West Nile virus). “It became the 44th mosquito species found in Finland, the northernmost observation point for this species in Europe,” the local scientists emphasized.