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So my guess for deterring these pests would be a setup with high-intensity mid-ultraviolet LEDs (200-300 nm) pointed upwards, which should render large proportions of the exposed population sterile if not dead (sterile might be better than dead if it inhibits effective mating). 300 nm is about the limit for ionizing DNA. Humans can be advised to avoid the lamps.


The inverse square law being what it is, I think the power requirements alone of such a solution would render it impossible, and the LEDs would need to be insanely high intensity (I doubt they actually exist).




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