I hate Mosquitos

[titsonritz]

Getting bit by a mosquito up in alaska is like doing a blood donation. Those things were huge.

Yes they are, a swarm will carry you off if you're not careful.

 

[Flatfish]

Standing water is the enemy.

If you 100% cannot remove it, there are measures that can be taken.

Some folks react to bites more than others. My wife has reaction to any big bites (There's a lotta critters that will gnaw/feed/bite you). I have very few. I get bit. But no side effects.

 

[bbbass]

Alaska was miserable in June!!! My friends had to fog the entryway before going in, then us and the dogs too. Not fun!!

Here we have an abatement district. Beyond getting rid of stagnant water, we have fogging trucks and we spray the yard and the surrounding trees. It really keeps them down. But we still can't enjoy an evening on the deck or the porch w/o skeeter proof clothing.

I'm one of those that swell up with bites that itch intensely. Drives me crazy!!

 

[Flatfish]

Fish can eat immature life stages in some circumstances.

There's oil films that can be applied that prevent immature life stages from breathing.

Fogging works, as they are fairly soft to pesticide applications. But has very short residual window.

Killing things is usually more than a single product/concept. Multi pronged approach is almost always best.

The single biggest thing is water.

 

[308]

I have a fogger for the yard, but we are surrounded by agriculture with irrigation going 24/7, so it is a losing battle.

 

[teflon6string]

Seriously, I had no bites well into this summer and I thought maybe we had reached some global tipping point... until 3 weeks ago, and now I'm getting zapped 3-4 times every evening on my walks. Tonight it'll be weights inside instead.

The garlic thing never seemed to help me much. I cook with it a lot, but I'm a veritable 'skeeter magnet. In fact, that's why I get invited to so many parties, where everyone keeps their distance.

We all know about standing water as a breeding ground for the hellish pests. I routinely check my yard to make sure none has collected anywhere. We got a little splash of rain here the other day. My gutters are clear and dry - are yours? Other places that might be overlooked include stuff like un-mounted snow tires under the back porch, kayaks/canoes/boats, flower pot dribble trays, collected runoff from sprinklers, toys, and... I hate to say it, water bowls for pets.

NOTHING pisses me off worse than settling into bed at night and hearing a mosquito dive bombing my ear! Has anyone here tried one of those indoor electronic mosquito killers?
Maybe like this?

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwiosLfB4uzjAhUfHq0GHb7hC_QYABAfGgJwdg&sig=AOD64_0TO6tFGFPMIUgPp1L6WzJy7hcKTQ&ctype=5&rct=j&q=&ved=0ahUKEwiBmLHB4uzjAhWDoFsKHSlwAuEQ9aACCEM&adurl=

 

[thorborg]

I got these in Minnesota visiting relatives near Wilma, late 60's. They had little tags on them that read "Minnesota skeeter traps"

You can see the blood on the right one

 

[titsonritz]

Citronella plants work good, plant them around the yard, especially near door ways, they help keep the bugger population down or at least away.

 

[Certaindeaf]

I wear a protective helmet at all times so they think I already have zika and lave me alone.

 

[SparksFly]

We have a pond with goldfish and they have helped a huge amount. The pond is a 1/2 of a wine barrel we soaked for a while to seal it up and get the alcohol out but 6 years so far and we rarely get bitten in our yard.

 

[titsonritz]

Eat more garlic, they rarely if ever bite me.

Garlic in water spayed on you should also help.

It does work to a point but the hungry ones don't care how you taste, maybe they have Blade blood.

 

[deadeye]

Start looking for Tansy along the road, ditches or fields, make tied bunches of it and hang it around. If you don't have cattle or horses just transplant some. It makes a good repellent for more than just the skeeters too.

 

[titsonritz]

Start looking for Tansy along the road, ditches or fields, make tied bunches of it and hang it around. If you don't have cattle or horses just transplant some. It makes a good repellent for more than just the skeeters too.

Tansy is an evasive species and the county will make you remove if it gets out of control, plus as you mentioned es no bueno around livestock, which I image is why they make you kill it. I have a buddy that was ticketed a couple times over it.

 

[deadeye]

Tansy is an evasive species and the county will make you remove if it gets out of control, plus as you mentioned es no bueno around livestock, which I image is why they make you kill it. I have a buddy that was ticketed a couple times over it.

Must be that county never heard of them making anyone around here remove it as a mandatory thing.

 

[titsonritz]

Must be that county never heard of them making anyone around here remove it as a mandatory thing.

It was the county right above yours.

 

[MarshalChillN]

Dryer Sheets... A couple wiped over your outer wear will keep most of them at bay. Then stuff the sheet in your pocket... It works !

 

[308]

Dryer Sheets... A couple wiped over your outer wear will keep most of them at bay. Then stuff the sheet in your pocket... It works !

I'll try that and see. Thanks!

 

[WhyElKay]

When my daughter gets a mosquito bite it swells the size of a baseball!! Plant .things like sage, peppermint, lemongrass, Rosemary and even marigolds will keep them away. When my daughter goes camping with her dad I send her with -what her dad calls witchcraft- sage bundles to burn in the fire and keep in her tent. We bring them to the ball field for late softball games too! They work!

Buzz Off: Make These Natural Herbal Insect Repellent Bundles

Try this all-natural technique to keep mosquitoes from attending your next outdoor get together.

www.hgtv.com

 

[Stomper]

I bet you're really Mr Popular at all the local dances, eh?

Well, that's just trading from one set of blood-suckers to another.

 

[slimmer13]

Bat boxes. Each bat eats thousands of the little bubblegumers every night.