• jon_slider@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    about green light, it attracts more mosquitoes: “green light was the most attractive to mosquitoes.”

    about green clothing, it attracts less mosquitoes: “if you’re looking to avoid the itchy bites, researchers at the University of Washington say to avoid colors like cyan, orange, red and black. Instead, you should focus on wearing colors mosquitoes ignore like white, blue, green and purple.”

    How does green light attract, but green clothing does not?

    I have no idea how to resolve the opposing opinions

    I can tell you I can see much better with green light than red light, I tried it myself…

    fyi, I have an SC21 Pro w Red LED and an SC21 Pro w Green LED for sale:

    FWIW, the combination of Red plus Green is the Best for tracking blood. Neither Red alone, nor Green alone, can do that.

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    1 year ago

    There was a big discussion without a clear conclusion on CPF back in the day, but I think that was before 660nn red less in flashlights were really a thing. It could be interesting to find a link. I can’t look for it myself right now unfortunately.

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      1 year ago

      I found this nice article making the case for green linked into forum discussion

      If I find more like it I’ll edit it in