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. ?
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
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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. ?
When I lived in Florida I had a Mosquito Magnet
These things are amazing, they output CO2 and have a net on them that traps the mosquitos.
I couldn't find a pic with the net full but when i emptied mine every day or 2 it looks like a mesh crow royal sized bag, and it's FILLED with the fuckers every time.
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When I lived in Florida I had a Mosquito Magnet
These things are amazing, they output CO2 and have a net on them that traps the mosquitos.
I couldn't find a pic with the net full but when i emptied mine every day or 2 it looks like a mesh crow royal sized bag, and it's FILLED with the fuckers every time.
Can't afford one ATM.
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When I lived in Florida I had a Mosquito Magnet
These things are amazing, they output CO2 and have a net on them that traps the mosquitos.
I couldn't find a pic with the net full but when i emptied mine every day or 2 it looks like a mesh crow royal sized bag, and it's FILLED with the fuckers every time.
Are they all dead in there? Or do you release them in the woods?
