Mosquitoes Mosquitoes Mosquitoes Mosquitoes

[War Beagle]

Your kids will probably survive.

[studiobtm]

Most of these suggestions do nothing.

You said Telstar is not working. Telstar at 1 ounce per gallon of water, sprayed once a week completely wipes out the mosquitos for me - even with all this rain. Spray in dark, cooler spots such as the base of shrubs and shaded nooks on exterior walls. Avoid spraying anywhere near flowers or you will kill bees and butterflies.

I have tried everything else except a misting system to no long term avail. I don't want a mister as we have literally hundreds of flowers in our back yard.

[tarajane2013]

Now I know SOMEBODY out there has made a homemade mos. trap. Give it up !

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by tarajane2013

Now I know SOMEBODY out there has made a homemade mos. trap. Give it up !

Actually, my mother did. It involved a 2-liter soda bottle with the part cut off and inverted and then some fluid inside that attracts them. I'll have to find out what the fluid is. Supposedly, they fly down the inverted neck, into the hole and then can't find their way back out (similar to a fish trap) then fall in the fluid and die.

I meant to ask her how it worked, but I totally forgot about it.

I'm going to do a quick internet search to see what she was doing. BRB.

Edit: A quick search found this: http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/ho...mosquito-trap/

The yeast creates the carbon dioxide which lures them in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3InZjTgEkg

The three reviews below the youtube video weren't very positive.

Final edit:

Well, this guy did a seven day test, and it sure looks like this is a complete and total bust.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz62ly_tZ5w

[Lowexpectations]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

Actually, my mother did. It involved a 2-liter soda bottle with the part cut off and inverted and then some fluid inside that attracts them. I'll have to find out what the fluid is. Supposedly, they fly down the inverted neck, into the hole and then can't find their way back out (similar to a fish trap) then fall in the fluid and die.

I meant to ask her how it worked, but I totally forgot about it.

I'm going to do a quick internet search to see what she was doing. BRB.

Edit: A quick search found this: A homemade mosquito trap that really works!

The yeast creates the carbon dioxide which lures them in.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3InZjTgEkg

The three reviews below the youtube video weren't very positive.

Strange that works for your parents when the mosquito magnet didn't and yet it's the same concept minus heat generation and a fan to help pull Mosquitos in

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by Lowexpectations

Strange that works for your parents when the mosquito magnet didn't and yet it's the same concept minus heat generation and a fan to help pull Mosquitos in

When you spoke with my mom, how many mosquitoes did she say it caught?

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

I meant to ask her how it worked, but I totally forgot about it.

[AfriqueNY]

The Asian Tiger Mosquito is taking over the country. Its like something out of a horror movie. We have got to stop this species before it is too late ...

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by AfriqueNY

The Asian Tiger Mosquito is taking over the country. Its like something out of a horror movie. We have got to stop this species before it is too late ...

Let's keep race out of this.

[kidd_funkadelic]

What about bats? Use nature

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by kidd_funkadelic

What about bats? Use nature

When looking for directions on how to build a bat box, I ran across a lot of information showing that bats don't eat a lot of mosquitos. So, I never built that bat box.