To my knowledge there’s no stagnant water on my property, I’ve run water through all my ptraps, and I’m careful to not leave doors open. Yet at any given time there’s at least 3 in my house. I can’t sleep, i can’t sit on the couch, i can’t exist in the fear of being sucked dry.

The breaking point is when i watched my dog get bit on her head. I’m ready to do whatever it takes and then some. I will kill a man if it saves me from these demons. Any ideas?

  • @icepuncher69@sh.itjust.works
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    Flamethrower…

    Now seriously, you could burn one of those cardboards that come with chicken eggs, i think other cardboards work but the egg one seems to be the most usefull for reppeling mosquitoes.

  • @newguy208@lemmy.world
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    Before you go on an omnicide on the entire species, consider planting Neem tree. These naturally repel mosquitoes. You can also get their oil to burn in oil dispenser etc but be warned it stinks like hell. I prefer to have a small pot of it next to the window and once it grows big enough, put it in a permanent place in the ground.

    • nomad
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      There is nothing about insect repelling qualities for the tree itself in the article you linked.

  • Quinten
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    As I heard, they are gonna be nerfed during autumn, in patch 09-23.

    Apparently hotfixes are only available for submarines.

  • @pavnilschanda@lemmy.world
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    As someone who lives in a mosquito-ridden area, I’d usually spray the target room with mosquito repellant. However, this method is toxic so I’d usually stay outside the sprayed room for a while.

    If you want to avoid toxic fumes I’d say blue light traps are pretty effective, though they won’t kill as many mosquitos as the repellant.

  • teft
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    Look up how to make a carbon dioxide trap for mosquitoes. They are strongly attracted to CO2.

  • Turducken
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    11 year ago

    There is a product called Mavrik Perimeter that is a very effective mosquito control.

  • @fluffman86@lemmy.ml
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    Call an exterminator, preferably a small mom&pop shop and not a big Orkin or Terminex or whatever, and have them come and and do a mosquito treatment. They’ll spray a chemical on the outside of your house, under the leaves of your trees/bushes, etc. Then they’ll spray inside, but just the corners for other bugs. You’ll need to keep your dog out of the chemical inside for about 10-20 minutes, and out of the chemical outside for probably an hour. After that it’s dry and non-toxic to mammals but will get soaked up by insects. Be sure to double check that with the exterminator, times vary depending on the chemical used.

    Good treatments should last a solid 2-3 months, which ought to be enough to get you through the worst of mosquito season, unless you’re in Florida or something.

  • Jo Miran
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    Give them a perfect spot to breed, like a kiddie pool with standing water or a bucket or two. Then drop a mosquito dunk in each. The mosquitoes will be drawn to this perfect breeding ground but the dunks will kill the larvae. Once the adults die off, there will be no new ones to take their place.

    Secondly, if you have a lawn, spray it thoroughly with insecticide. This will kill or repel the ones living in the grass.

  • @FlatFootFox@lemmy.world
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    Get a bug guy to come spray the exterior of your place. They can use stronger stuff then folk’s indoor life hacks. Eventually they’ll stop getting in.

  • user1919
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    191 year ago

    1.mosquito net for doors and windows - ultimate solution

    2.mosquito badminton. - great for few of them, you can just zap them with it.

    • @Alperto@lemmy.ml
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      agree on the nets for doors and windows. For doors there’s also some nets with magnets that can be crossed though and they will self-close perfectly every single time thanks to the magnets.

      Badminton is great too, including against flies, wasps and whatever manages to get in.

      • @Zana@startrek.website
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        I’ve seen those electric racket looking things and always wondered how well they work. I’ll definitely be picking some up now.

        • user1919
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          they work great for upto a year, after that all of them broke down.

      • user1919
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        I don’t know what to call them and badminton is famous here so we call them that.

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    Could a blue light trap work? Idk how mosquitoes work compared to flies.

    I read somewhere that smelly cheese attracts the flying leeches. Maybe placing some bait, and swat them when they’ve fallen into your trap.

    I better yet, zap them. Swatting mid-air is hard. I’ve begun catching them with my hands. Better success rate, as they then don’t get blown out the way by the fly swatter’s air current.

    Ps. I’ve read about some people having invented an infrared light beam that will fry them mid air. Idk if it’s safe, or even something to purchase - just throwing ideas out there.

    Pps. If you wanna go totally bananas, you could paint your entire room white, and decorate like a minimalist. They’d have nowhere to hide.

    • @xylogx@lemmy.world
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      Bug zappers dont work too well. A fan can be more effective in some cases depending on your circumstances.

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        Please elaborate.

        Are you referring to the handheld zapper or the blue light one?

        The handheld surely must work? You just need a small enough mesh to create a contact between the two iron “wires”

        • @xylogx@lemmy.world
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          My experience with a number of bug zappers was that, while they did zap some number of mosquitos, this was not enough to prevent other mosquitos from biting us. On the other hand a good strong fan can act as an area denial defense. Not always easy/possible to have a good strong fan going, so YMMV.

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    I am allied with spiders against mosquitoes and bedbugs. I don’t take down their webs (unless they’re in the way) and they eat hundreds of the fuckers. They’re also fun to watch sometimes.