Skrillex music could help protect against mosquito bites, study finds

The next time you want to enjoy the outdoors during your tropical vacation, do not forget to pack a new type of mosquito repellent – the music of dubstep artist Skrillex.

In a study published in the journal Acta Tropica, researchers have discovered that dubstep music, especially that of Skrillex and his song "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites", could offer effective protection against Aedes aegypti – known as the mosquito of yellow fever.

The sound is "crucial for the reproduction, survival and maintenance of the population of many animals," said a team of international scientists specializing in mosquitoes and their diseases, including the Zika virus and dengue fever.

The team conducted the study by subjecting adult mosquitoes to a specially selected song and then testing their movement, blood supply and copulation rates. Scientists have chosen "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites", a piece of Skrillex from his Grammy Award-winning album of the same name for his mix of very high and low frequencies.

"In insects, low-frequency vibrations facilitate badual interactions, while noise disrupts the perception of congeners' signals. [members of the same species] and hosts, "said the scientists.

According to the findings, adult mosquitoes "amused" by music "copulated much less often" than those who were not.

Women exposed to the runway also attacked hosts less frequently than those living in an environment free of dubstep and Skrillex, and "the frequency of blood supply was lower when the music was played."

"The observation that such music can delay the attack of the host, reduce the blood supply and disrupt the mating provides new avenues for the development of protection measures and personal control based on music against diseases transmitted by Aedes ", said the scientists.

L & # 39; Album Scary monsters and nice goblins won two Grammy Awards at the 54th Grammy Awards, one for Best Dance Recording and another for Best Dance / Electronica Album. Skrillex (real name: Sonny John Moore) did not comment on the study, but retweeted an article about it on Twitter.

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