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How Do You Deal With Mosquitoes ?!?!?!
March 20, 2019, 05:41 PM
HobbsHow Do You Deal With Mosquitoes ?!?!?!
'Tis the season ... or very soon will be.
Got a letter in the mail from Terminix advertising their mosquito program but it's like $60 a month !!!
Here in Lower Alabama where the city has a spraying program off the back of a truck driving around from time to time, mosquitoes are a real problem and the only thing I've found is to get lathered up with lotions containing DEET, but would rather have something going on in the yard to take care of the mosquitoes. I'm in the yard every day and often end up with a dozen mosquito bites at the end of the day if I don't get lathered up. I have 2 dogs and need a pet friendly solution to the problem.
There are attractants, repellents, chemical solutions and natural plant approaches to mosquito control. What works best for you? ... THANKS !!!
March 20, 2019, 05:45 PM
AeteoclesI recommend picaridin over anything with DEET in it. It doesn't smell or have that oily feeling to it.
I trust the Sawyer brand:
https://sawyer.com/products/pi...in-insect-repellent/March 20, 2019, 05:47 PM
reflex/deflex 64Thermacell does a wonderful job, but it is not for every situation.
I have been pleasantly surprised with malathion broadcast over the lawn and landscaping. It takes the better part of a week to act and seems to last a couple weeks. Keeping the yard mowed helps a bunch.
Staying indoors never fails.
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March 20, 2019, 05:52 PM
GWbikerDrive an old Mercedes Diesel?
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March 20, 2019, 06:06 PM
RipleyWe've had very good results with
Cutter Backyard Bug Control. An application is good for maybe a week and a half. Asian Tiger mosquitoes moved in about fifteen years ago and stole our property, pretty much bordered by woods and brush on all sides.
The backyard is too big to treat but we can sit out now in the smaller front. Claimed to be pet safe, no reason to think otherwise.
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. March 20, 2019, 06:06 PM
NavyGuyquote:
Originally posted by Hobbs:
'Tis the season ... or very soon will be.
Got a letter in the mail from Terminix advertising their mosquito program but it's like $60 a month !!!
Here in Lower Alabama where the city has a spraying program off the back of a truck driving around from time to time, mosquitoes are a real problem and the only thing I've found is to get lathered up with lotions containing DEET, but would rather have something going on in the yard to take care of the mosquitoes. I'm in the yard every day and often end up with a dozen mosquito bites at the end of the day if I don't get lathered up. I have 2 dogs and need a pet friendly solution to the problem.
There are attractants, repellents, chemical solutions and natural plant approaches to mosquito control. What works best for you? ... THANKS !!!
I spray my yard and especially shrubs with Bifen every 30-45 days and take care not to have any standing water that's not treated with a larva killer (Mosquito Dunks). I've had pretty good results with this approach but still do have the occasional mosquito. If you are concerned about spraying chemicals you might try mosquito repelling granuals.. the all natural kind that work by making human sent undetectable to the mosquitoes.
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-D.H. Lawrence March 20, 2019, 06:09 PM
ffipsIf you opt to spray, please do so near or after dusk. That gives the bees time to get in their hives and gives the chemicals time to settle a bit. Going medieval on bad bugs typically hurts good ones too.
March 20, 2019, 06:10 PM
P-220quote:
Originally posted by GWbiker:
Drive an old Mercedes Diesel?

Niech Zyje P-220
Steve
March 20, 2019, 06:17 PM
shovelheadquote:
Originally posted by GWbiker:
Drive an old Mercedes Diesel?
Or the "rollin' coal" crowd......
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March 20, 2019, 06:20 PM
Hay2baleI use Talstar P. It is a brand of Bifen. It is supposed to be safe around children and pets.
https://www.domyown.com/talsta...p-97.html?sub_id=656I use a mist sprayer, but for small areas any cheap sprayer will work. Even kills ants, fleas and termites.
March 20, 2019, 06:30 PM
ffipsSome good info from
here about how mosquitoes find you:
quote:
Website:
How mosquitoes find you to bite you
By EarthSky in EARTH | HUMAN WORLD | SCIENCE WIRE | July 22, 2015
Mosquitoes use a triple threat of visual, olfactory, and thermal cues to home in on their human targets, a new Caltech study suggests.
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Photo credit: iStock
Are you dousing your skin with bug repellents and lighting citronella candles to keep mosquitoes away? These efforts may keep them at bay for a while, but no solution is perfect because mosquitoes have evolved to use a triple threat of visual, olfactory, and thermal cues to home in on their human targets, a new Caltech study suggests.
The study appears in the July 17 online version of the journal Current Biology.
When an adult female mosquito needs a blood meal to feed her young, she searches for a host — often a human.
Many insects, mosquitoes included, are attracted by the odor of the carbon dioxide (CO2) gas that humans and other animals naturally exhale. However, mosquitoes can also pick up other cues that signal a human is nearby. They use their vision to spot a host and thermal sensory information to detect body heat.To find a human host, mosquitoes face the challenging task of integrating sensory cues that are separated in space and time. This sensory integration happens as a result of their multi-pronged strategy, which begins with tracking a plume of CO2 upwind. Research from the Dickinson lab indicates that mosquitoes also respond to CO2 by exploring visual features they otherwise ignore. This behavior guides them towards potential hosts, where they use cues such as heat to locate a landing site.
Image credit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech
...rest of article at link above....
image credits might be incorrect, all editing was done on cell phone March 20, 2019, 07:11 PM
GraniteguyBat colony in my soffits !! Eastern Brown Furry's.
I put up 4 bat houses at 20 feet - and they decide to move into my roofline.

I have virtually no mosquitos in my backyard and I live in a wetland area.
The downside is a have to pull the soffit cover once per year and let all the guano out into a bucket. Use it as fertilizer.
March 20, 2019, 07:26 PM
MinnowBats. I have a bat house mounted about 15 feet off the ground in the back yard. It usually ends up with around 30 in the colony. These guys drop out around dusk and go on a mosquito eating frenzy. It’s fun to watch them and it’s nice to be able to sit outside, deet free. Unfortunately when the temperature hits a steady 98-100, they bail and find a cooler place to roost.
"Prepared in mind and resources" March 20, 2019, 07:59 PM
side_shoti had a dragonfly swarm last year it was great they ate them all up for the most part
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March 20, 2019, 08:12 PM
dave7378Deet and make sure there is no standing water on your property.
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March 20, 2019, 08:17 PM
steelcityfishanddiveBifen XTS,
https://www.domyown.com/bifen-xts-p-1236.htmlSpray along bushes, wood lines, etc.
March 20, 2019, 08:33 PM
BisleyblackhawkFrom what I understand the blood sucking bastages (at least in the suburbs) don't travel but a hundred feet or so from where they hatch. I was covered up by them for several years until I found a neighbor who had his son's aluminum POS boat filled with water parked in his back yard (I couldn't see it over my fence until I went up a ladder to cut some limbs)...my skeeter issues went way down after I pointed it out to him and he took care of it...
Check your gutters to see if they are holding water (I've been guilty of this)...flower pots and bird baths too...
Getting rid of standing water/breeding places close to you will go a long way to eliminating the damn things...spraying insecticides (they don't discriminate between good or bad bugs no matter what the mosquito "experts" will try to sell in their spiels) is the bottom of the remedies IMHO...
Draining standing water in Cuba and Panama worked for Walter Reed...I wish more people would do this

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March 20, 2019, 08:51 PM
mdblantonI’ve had good success with these:
Spartan Mosquito Local company that has gown worldwide. A friend of mine is one of the partners in the company.
Michael
March 20, 2019, 08:51 PM
BeancookerThis stuff right here. Works awesome. Better than deet and doesn’t smell awful. I know it’s all natural and hippie shit, but it really works quite well.
https://bodybliss.com/bug-mist-100-natural-repellent/
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March 20, 2019, 09:03 PM
bryan11Our city hires a truck to drive around every few weeks spraying everything. The spray kills mosquitos, bees, butterflies, and more. The morning after each time they spray, I find three or four dead bird in my yard.
Before they started spraying, getting rid of standing water helped a lot.