how to make a c# thread-safe random number generator

Question

I have a loop in my code

Parallel.For(0, Cnts.MosqPopulation, i => { DoWork() });

however in the DoWork() function, there a

Answer 1

If you have knowledge of how many threads you are running in parallel this may work:

Random rand = new Random();
var randomNums = Enumerable.Range(0, Cnts.MosqPopulation)
                           .Select(_ => rand.Next()).ToList();
Parallel.For(0, Cnts.MosqPopulation, i => 
{
    Random localRand = new Random(randomNums[i]);
    DoWork();
});

Not sure how indistinguishable the resulting distribution would be from a uniform one though.