How does bug spray work?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Bug spray helps us keep mosquitoes and other insects away. But how does it work? We asked insect expert Meredith Cenzer to help us find the answer. Got a question buzzing around your brain? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll bug some experts until we get an answer! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	For the braids behind brains on, this is Moment of Um.
0:09.2	Moment of Um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Skeeter, the Mosquito.
0:18.1	Um.
0:19.9	Um.
0:21.9	Oh, hi. It's great to meet you.
0:25.6	As a mosquito, I just love meeting new humans, especially when they're wearing shorts and a t-shirt.
0:33.4	Mind if I just land on your arm for a minute to rest?
0:37.2	I solemnly swear I won't bite you.
0:41.4	I'm just exhausted from a long day of buzzing around the park,
0:45.8	looking for blood to suck.
0:48.6	I mean, spuds to chuck.
0:51.9	Can't have old potatoes lying around.
0:54.8	You know what I mean.
0:56.3	Bz.
0:58.1	Okay, okay.
0:59.3	I know that you know that I'm a mosquito.
1:02.4	And that means I occasionally like a teeny little taste of your blood.
1:07.0	What can I say?
1:08.3	It's delicious.
1:09.7	And you have so much of it. It seems only fair that you should share a little bit.
1:16.5	But sometimes, you humans put on this really smelly stuff called bug spray.
1:22.5	And it stinks. Ugh.
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