There has to be a passive way to catch mosquitoes, right?
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Have a couple of small, shallow ponds at my camp in the boonies. Two dried up the last two years, killing off most of the dragonfly population. (Takes 'em two years underwater to mature.) We no longer have Combat Air Patrol, fine at our house though. So bad out there that bug spray doesn't work even if you bathe in it. Never had issues before. Because I had dragonflies. I'm sure the 10" of snow, in Florida upset things just a tad. Fucking global warming.
Anyway, searched a bit and everyone wants to sell me a bug zapper. A) I don't have power unless I run a genny. B) Those things are indiscriminate and we humans have nuked the insect population as is.
There has to be some way to attract them into a trap. I know they target mammalian CO2 exhalations, and to a lesser extent, warmth. Seems like there should be an easy way to suck the mindless beasts into a black hole. ?
You can make a mosquito trap that lures them to lay eggs in poisoned water and deals with the issue earlier in the year
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Have a couple of small, shallow ponds at my camp in the boonies. Two dried up the last two years, killing off most of the dragonfly population. (Takes 'em two years underwater to mature.) We no longer have Combat Air Patrol, fine at our house though. So bad out there that bug spray doesn't work even if you bathe in it. Never had issues before. Because I had dragonflies. I'm sure the 10" of snow, in Florida upset things just a tad. Fucking global warming.
Anyway, searched a bit and everyone wants to sell me a bug zapper. A) I don't have power unless I run a genny. B) Those things are indiscriminate and we humans have nuked the insect population as is.
There has to be some way to attract them into a trap. I know they target mammalian CO2 exhalations, and to a lesser extent, warmth. Seems like there should be an easy way to suck the mindless beasts into a black hole. ?
Populate the ponds with frogs/tadpoles to start killing the mosquito larvae.
Propane mosquito traps are about the only thing you can use that will make a dent otherwise.
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Well that's a plan! Haven't had much luck planting out there though. Typical NW Florida soil, about 2-3" of topsoil, sand all the way to China.
You got me thinking on citronella though! Forgot about that.
Lemon Grass also. It should grow well there.
I grow a bunch and don't really notice it keeping mosquitos away from the area. But I'll pick some, crush it up in my hands, and rub it on myself and the cats. Works as good as most bug sprays without feeling like I need a shower after.
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Have a couple of small, shallow ponds at my camp in the boonies. Two dried up the last two years, killing off most of the dragonfly population. (Takes 'em two years underwater to mature.) We no longer have Combat Air Patrol, fine at our house though. So bad out there that bug spray doesn't work even if you bathe in it. Never had issues before. Because I had dragonflies. I'm sure the 10" of snow, in Florida upset things just a tad. Fucking global warming.
Anyway, searched a bit and everyone wants to sell me a bug zapper. A) I don't have power unless I run a genny. B) Those things are indiscriminate and we humans have nuked the insect population as is.
There has to be some way to attract them into a trap. I know they target mammalian CO2 exhalations, and to a lesser extent, warmth. Seems like there should be an easy way to suck the mindless beasts into a black hole. ?
wrote last edited by [email protected]“Mosquito Dunks” in a bucket of water. The water attracts females to lay eggs in the bucket. The “dunks” have a bacteria in them that kills the larva after the eggs hatch preventing further generations from maturing.
I put about a quarter of a disk in each bucket and set them up around the yard in problem areas. Need to add more dunk about once a month.
There is a “Mosquito Bits” which is a granulated version of the same thing that might work if you still have ponds but I’m not familiar with the exact dosage
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You can make a mosquito trap that lures them to lay eggs in poisoned water and deals with the issue earlier in the year
wrote last edited by [email protected]This is what we do too, minus the poisoned water.
It's just a one-way trap made with some cloth net and plastic bottles.It takes a while to make a difference but eventually the population of mosquitoes should decrease (unless they are reproducing elsewhere)
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Got a few "ponds" at the house, between 10g and 150g. Brings all the boys to the yard! But the dried up ponds at camp set me back a year or three. Since they take 2 years to mature, they won't be back this year or probably the next.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yes but they also need 2ft high plants to hunt from. If you cut all your tall grass they will have to hunt elsewhere
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I can't edit my posts for some reason, but I wasn't being sarcastic about global warming. A monster bolus of hot air smacking the polar vortex on it's ass is what send Canada weather down here. Fucking global warming.
Have you tried "mosquito dunks" in your remaining ponds?
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Seen a hummer or two, but not for the last couple of years. Guess they're dying off with everything else, and in any case there's not much flowering out there. Still have some at home!
Put feeders out the last few years, but they don't see any action.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Plant flowers they like instead. My hummingbird feeder went unnoticed but now i have lots with flowers like hollyhocks
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Have a couple of small, shallow ponds at my camp in the boonies. Two dried up the last two years, killing off most of the dragonfly population. (Takes 'em two years underwater to mature.) We no longer have Combat Air Patrol, fine at our house though. So bad out there that bug spray doesn't work even if you bathe in it. Never had issues before. Because I had dragonflies. I'm sure the 10" of snow, in Florida upset things just a tad. Fucking global warming.
Anyway, searched a bit and everyone wants to sell me a bug zapper. A) I don't have power unless I run a genny. B) Those things are indiscriminate and we humans have nuked the insect population as is.
There has to be some way to attract them into a trap. I know they target mammalian CO2 exhalations, and to a lesser extent, warmth. Seems like there should be an easy way to suck the mindless beasts into a black hole. ?
There are big expensive mosquito magnets that take a propane tank and electricity to run (these are environmentally ok) and the Thermacell device (somewhat dubious but very effective). Source: Finland, the land of mosquitos
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mosquito buckets help a lot but you won't see results right away.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yeah! I've heard of these, but haven't tried them out myself yet.
Maybe pick up some deet as well.
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There are big expensive mosquito magnets that take a propane tank and electricity to run (these are environmentally ok) and the Thermacell device (somewhat dubious but very effective). Source: Finland, the land of mosquitos
I've had those thermacell things and it was just filled with bugs EXCEPT mosquitos lol
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“Mosquito Dunks” in a bucket of water. The water attracts females to lay eggs in the bucket. The “dunks” have a bacteria in them that kills the larva after the eggs hatch preventing further generations from maturing.
I put about a quarter of a disk in each bucket and set them up around the yard in problem areas. Need to add more dunk about once a month.
There is a “Mosquito Bits” which is a granulated version of the same thing that might work if you still have ponds but I’m not familiar with the exact dosage
This is a cool solution, I'd never heard of this.
It reminds me of how they deal with mosquitos on an industrial scale, releasing millions of infertile males into the wild to prevent a next generation.
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Crud, too rich for my blood ATM. Looks much like what I was imagining for an effective trap.
wrote last edited by [email protected]For what it's worth, they totally work.
I have a friend with a cabin by a lake in the woods, it's lovely, but the mosquito situation there is no joke. She has a few of these and when she goes to empty them periodically, it's just a trap full of mosquitos... It's not other critters, it's just like a pint of dead mosquitos.
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Populate the ponds with frogs/tadpoles to start killing the mosquito larvae.
Propane mosquito traps are about the only thing you can use that will make a dent otherwise.
You should see the tadpoles in my house ponds! I'm the only reason we have frogs on my street.
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Have a couple of small, shallow ponds at my camp in the boonies. Two dried up the last two years, killing off most of the dragonfly population. (Takes 'em two years underwater to mature.) We no longer have Combat Air Patrol, fine at our house though. So bad out there that bug spray doesn't work even if you bathe in it. Never had issues before. Because I had dragonflies. I'm sure the 10" of snow, in Florida upset things just a tad. Fucking global warming.
Anyway, searched a bit and everyone wants to sell me a bug zapper. A) I don't have power unless I run a genny. B) Those things are indiscriminate and we humans have nuked the insect population as is.
There has to be some way to attract them into a trap. I know they target mammalian CO2 exhalations, and to a lesser extent, warmth. Seems like there should be an easy way to suck the mindless beasts into a black hole. ?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Make a fly trap, but put mosquito poison in the water since they will use the water to lay their eggs and just make more mosquitos otherwise.
A fly trap is just a bottle of water, maybe with something to attract the flies, and soap with a funnel made of paper in the top of the bottle.
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“Mosquito Dunks” in a bucket of water. The water attracts females to lay eggs in the bucket. The “dunks” have a bacteria in them that kills the larva after the eggs hatch preventing further generations from maturing.
I put about a quarter of a disk in each bucket and set them up around the yard in problem areas. Need to add more dunk about once a month.
There is a “Mosquito Bits” which is a granulated version of the same thing that might work if you still have ponds but I’m not familiar with the exact dosage
Works great for me in Georgia
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Have a couple of small, shallow ponds at my camp in the boonies. Two dried up the last two years, killing off most of the dragonfly population. (Takes 'em two years underwater to mature.) We no longer have Combat Air Patrol, fine at our house though. So bad out there that bug spray doesn't work even if you bathe in it. Never had issues before. Because I had dragonflies. I'm sure the 10" of snow, in Florida upset things just a tad. Fucking global warming.
Anyway, searched a bit and everyone wants to sell me a bug zapper. A) I don't have power unless I run a genny. B) Those things are indiscriminate and we humans have nuked the insect population as is.
There has to be some way to attract them into a trap. I know they target mammalian CO2 exhalations, and to a lesser extent, warmth. Seems like there should be an easy way to suck the mindless beasts into a black hole. ?
https://www.amazon.com/Spartan-Mosquito-Pro-Tech-Acre/dp/B09B1BP1JH
Not sure how well it works, buy my sister in law has them around her house.
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There are big expensive mosquito magnets that take a propane tank and electricity to run (these are environmentally ok) and the Thermacell device (somewhat dubious but very effective). Source: Finland, the land of mosquitos
Can confirm the gas powered ones work really well, but you gotta run it early in the season to catch the fuckers right after hatching.
A friend lives in moscito hell and could probably make burgers daily with the amount he catches.
Source: Norway. Also a mosquite hellhole, like Finland
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“Mosquito Dunks” in a bucket of water. The water attracts females to lay eggs in the bucket. The “dunks” have a bacteria in them that kills the larva after the eggs hatch preventing further generations from maturing.
I put about a quarter of a disk in each bucket and set them up around the yard in problem areas. Need to add more dunk about once a month.
There is a “Mosquito Bits” which is a granulated version of the same thing that might work if you still have ponds but I’m not familiar with the exact dosage
Bought a 20 pack thanks to you!
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Bought a 20 pack thanks to you!
Good luck! Hope it works out
