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Old 06-25-2013, 05:58 AM
 
Location: Charleston Sc and Western NC
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Monster Mosquito has a great system, and you don't have to have that huge drum in your yard. Little box on the wall near an exterior faucet.
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Old 07-09-2013, 03:36 PM
 
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Cutter Backyard Bug Control 32 oz Ready-to-Spray Hose End Insect Repellent Concentrate - This works; be sure to spray your shrubs thats were they live. Should ponly have to sray every 6 weeks or so depending on the rain...
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Old 07-09-2013, 03:53 PM
 
Location: Katy TX
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I've posted here about my experiences several times with my houstonmosquitosystems.com misting system over the past year or so, and I still say that it's probably the best investment we've made in our home. Still works like a charm, killing every nasty pest that tries to make our eaves their nesting place. We noticed this year at the beginning of summer, the darn water flies/gnats (which were our biggest pest problem since we live on a water lot) really try to make our house their home. But as soon as we see a few swarming around in the middle of the day, they are completely gone that night after a misting. This was in April/May. June, July...there's nothing flying around.
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Old 08-02-2013, 08:07 AM
 
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Outstanding efforts for making this blog!! Your writers and your work are really appreciative.
On behalf of Houston we thank you for your strange and kind words.
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Old 04-27-2014, 10:22 PM
 
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Default Pyrethrin and Pyrethroid Toxicity in Cats

Please note that pyrethrin and most especially potentiated derivatives in do pose a potential for toxicity in cats cats (see video below). I am a veterinarian and I can assure you that cats may suffer severe neurological symptoms and even death from concentrated pyrethrin exposure; usually the source is those cheap over the counter flea drops, especially in cases of misapplication of dog labelled product on cats, and so I do not know what risks may occur with misting systems (direct spray exposure or eating treated grass).

If you have outdoor cats and use such a misting system, at the very least do not choose the more potent derivatives such that tend to also end in "thrin" (permethrin is a bad one but others would likely pose a risk such as bifenthrin, allethrin, tetramethrin, cyfluthrin, cyhalothrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin).

Also note that there are insect bystander effects that depending upon your degree of eco-friendliness may be a positive or negative consideration. In one study dragonflies did not seem to be overtly affected by spraying whereas smaller insects displayed significant kill rates. Different studies also have demonstrated varying degrees of toxicity of different pyrethrin derivatized compounds on butterflies and honeybees.

A video of an affected cat:
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz0-JukckgI[/url]

Links for feline toxicity:

[url]http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/pyrethrin/]Pyrethrin and Pyrethroid Poisoning in Dogs and Cats[/url]

[url]http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/neurological/c_ct_pyrethrin_pyrethroid_toxicity]Flea and Tick Medicine Poisoning in Cats | petMD[/url]

Links on insect bystander toxicity:

[url]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17939516]Nontarget effects of the mosquito ad... [J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2007] - PubMed - NCBI[/url]

[url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23086150]Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individu... [Nature. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI[/url]

[url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21309017]Use of butterflies as nontarget insect ... [Environ Toxicol Chem. 2011] - PubMed - NCBI[/url]

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Old 04-28-2014, 07:13 AM
 
Location: Port Charlotte
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Take a plastic soda bottle, cut the top off. Put one cup of brown sugar, 3 cups of water and a yeast package in the bottom, turn the upper part over and put it into the bottle. Duct tape it together, blacking out the bottom. Fermenting yeast and sugar mix will attract flies and Mosquitos (CO2), go into the bottle, can't get back out.
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Old 04-28-2014, 09:12 AM
 
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By far, the most efficient and cost effective way to reduce mosquitoes is to eliminate standing water.
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Old 04-28-2014, 09:27 AM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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I simply don't believe that there is a single useful method to fight those bloody beasts
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Old 04-28-2014, 09:32 AM
 
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I simply don't believe that there is a single useful method to fight those bloody beasts
Stand next to me and they'll leave you alone. Mosquitoes LOVE me.
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Old 04-28-2014, 09:55 AM
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I simply don't believe that there is a single useful method to fight those bloody beasts
Reminds me of an episode of that 70s Show. Instead of Rock, Paper, Scissors, they were playing Cockroach, foot, nuclear bomb.

Unlike the cockroaches, however, I don't think mosquitos would survive a nuclear bomb.
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