We have 3 orange trees planted in our yard along with 2 tangerines, 2 pawpaw, 2 coconut trees, and a few palm trees.the citrus-based stuff has found to be the most potent anti-bug compound. And, it seems, that grapefruit has the highest concentration of that specific compound, whatever it is. They not only flee in terror from this stuff, it kills them super dead, as well as noseeums and other nuisance/biting bugs.
not sure if they have a new, marketed product out there that utilizes this stuff, but ah, I don't know, plant a grapefruit tree in your back yard?
all you have to get is a bunch of jumping spiders in your backyard:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9398000/9398408.stm
"The jumping spider appears to have evolved an affinity for smelly human feet in order to help find its prey"
"When they smell blood, they can launch into feeding frenzies where they kill up to 20 mosquitoes in rapid succession, and not necessarily to eat all of them"
There's a much easier way to control mosquitos. Get a bunch of five-gallon buckets, put three gallons of water in them, add some dish soap, and finally spray some WD-40 on the water. Mosquitos will try to lay their eggs in the water, and will get stuck because the WD-40 breaks the surface tension on the water. The dish soap will take care of any larvae that do manage to hatch. Place the buckets around your property (high enough so that your dog doesn't drink the water - won't hurt the dog, but will give it diarrhea from the soap) and check them from time to time. You'll be amazed at the number of mosquitos that get caught.
Been looking at the mosquito magnet reviews at amazon and they aren't very impressive. That's why I didn't buy one several years ago. I my bite the bullet because it's boomer recommended.
But a guy posted this.
Thoughts?
I see so far that a lot of the suggestions provided are outdoor recommendations.
Any suggestions for indoor?
Whenever I go home, I just take Mefloquine once a week before, during, and after vacation, but it would be nice if I didn't have to.
Deet is temporary and needs to be done every night. We have to fleet our entire room before a few hours before we sleep which will kill 99% of all mosquitos. Waiting 2 hours after one has finished spraying seems to solve the "breathing dangerous chemicals" problem.
That's what we're trying to figure out. The mosquito nets used seem to be inadequate and I also get the feeling that they can come through under the doors as well. Every night before we enter to spray the sleeping room, I usually kill about 3-4 that are just sitting on the door waiting for us to open it so they fly inside.?? How are they getting into your house? The only place I've ever had a mosquito problem indoors was at our hotel in Venice. For some reason they don't believe in using screens over there.
That's what we're trying to figure out. The mosquito nets used seem to be inadequate and I also get the feeling that they can come through under the doors as well. Every night before we enter to spray the sleeping room, I usually kill about 3-4 that are just sitting on the door waiting for us to open it so they fly inside.
This is our house in Lagos, not the one in the US BTW.
The funny thing is when I go to my grandparents village in the woods, there is zero mosquito and no need to spray the rooms at all.
The difference? No street gutter with standing water.
Ours is about the size of the one in the 1st picture, maybe a little less and it's not as close to our house as what you see in that picture. From my point of view I can't do anything about that breeding ground since it's outside our compound, so I have to stick to indoor methods.
Putting a mosquito magnet outside our compound near the gutter is just asking for it to get stolen, not to mention the Amazon reviews of that product are pretty bad.
Bug zapper $20-30 at home depot, mosquito magnet $300+?
Yikes. Buy a bug zapper.
In my case I did not reduce the population any... There is just too much wet, they breed faster than I kill. Maybe I'll bump it up to 4 bug zappers for this year!