Skrillex's music could protect humans against mosquitoes

Mosquitoes are quite fans of dubstep …

It might sound like an April Fool's joke, but scientists say Skrillex's music could actually be an effective way to repel mosquitoes.

In a recent study published in Acta Tropica, scientists interpreted the role of the dubstep star's movie "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" in 2010 against mosquitoes infected with yellow fever to study the effects.

The team explained, "Sound and reception are essential for the reproduction, survival and maintenance of the population of many animals.

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

The dubstep track was a mix of extremely high and very low frequencies, which meant that it had been chosen by scientists to see if the GED could prove effective at repelling insects.

Scientists discovered that the song "entertained" adult female mosquitoes and often attacked humans less often than insects not exposed to the song.

They also found that insects exposed to the trail "copulated much less often" than those who did not listen.

Scientists explained: "The observation that such music can delay the attack of the host, reduce blood supply and disrupt the mating opens new ways for the development of music-based personal protection and control measures against Aedes-transmitted diseases. "

The yellow fever mosquito is generally present in the tropics and is known to spread deadly diseases such as Zika virus.

Skrillex has not commented on the study yet.