Topic: Mosquito's (Read 844 times)

July 25, 2016, 03:03:21 PM

Wife seems be getting syphoned alive from mosquitos, I have a few nibbles on me. How is everyone dealing with them?
We have a bug zapper lamp put up, bug spray, we have the citronella "Tiki" torches, (Granted there're not up all the time)
I've used the mosquito coils, it seems the only way to really deal with them is the swat method. I know about standing water, we have none on our property, can't be so sure about neighbors though.

July 25, 2016, 03:04:34 PM #1

Quote from: CGN-38 on July 25, 2016, 03:03:21 PM

Wife seems be getting syphoned alive from mosquitos, I have a few nibbles on me. How is everyone dealing with them?
We have a bug zapper lamp put up, bug spray, we have the citronella "Tiki" torches, (Granted there're not up all the time)
I've used the mosquito coils, it seems the only way to really deal with them is the swat method. I know about standing water, we have none on our property, can't be so sure about neighbors though.

You're up in the redwoods, right? Put up some bat boxes on your property! It won't help for immediate relief, but there is something just cool about having bats around.

-Allen

July 25, 2016, 03:10:01 PM #2

Yup ! He's probably got em already.
We've got at least 6 separate "bat nests" here at our place. Fun to watch them zip around in the evenings

July 25, 2016, 03:15:15 PM #3

Try contacting your local Mosquito Vector Control. They will go door to door (or pasture to pasture) in your neighborhood looking for the source. They are always able to knock down the majority of the pesky buggers in our neighborhood. The biggest culprit was the abandoned horse water troughs across the fence...

ps Mosquitoes don't touch my wife but bite the crap out of me. She never understands when I suggest she close a door..........

July 25, 2016, 03:21:48 PM #4

I live in Redwood Estates and I feel your pain. The bug zapper helps the most, but there's a stream nearby, so not much we can do. Actually, they seldom bite me, but they chow down on my wife. She says my blood is not fresh...

July 25, 2016, 03:25:33 PM #5

I try to stay inside around 5PM until dark, and avoid most of them that way. Look for any standing water on your property (doubtful since I know Troy).

Try one of these?

http://www.lowes.com/pd/Mosquito-Magnet-Portable-Electric-and-Propane-Mosquito-Trap-with-Lure/3063603

July 25, 2016, 03:27:39 PM #6

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/07/21/486656060/to-avoid-malaria-try-sleeping-with-a-chicken-at-your-bedside

July 25, 2016, 03:29:15 PM #7

July 25, 2016, 03:34:55 PM #8

Brewers yeast like a teaspoon a day keeps the squeeters away and ticks works on dogs too remember BREWERS Yeast not baking yeast.

July 25, 2016, 04:10:33 PM #9

Quote from: Pacific on July 25, 2016, 03:34:55 PM

Brewers yeast like a teaspoon a day keeps the squeeters away and ticks works on dogs too remember BREWERS Yeast not baking yeast.

Some people claim that thiamine (vitamin b1) helps, but no real evidence to support it.

July 25, 2016, 05:44:30 PM #10

I heard decades ago from a guy going to Alaska that his doc said he should take niacin and thiamin. Never heard whether it worked. I've also heard that if you could somehow avoid exhaling carbon dioxide the suckers wouldn't be attracted.

July 25, 2016, 08:25:01 PM #11

Old timer ex military friend I have offered me this large box on a metal 4 legged stand that looked like a smaller power generator but it was a mosquito trap that had a 1/2 mile range. It was carbon dioxide based and I wish I grabbed it. I just looked up co2 traps and there is much there. Sorry for your mosquito mess. We love Mt. Hermon for our science camp for the kids. Felton is cool......

July 25, 2016, 08:43:18 PM #12

if I'm eating or sitting outside I make sure a fan is blowing around me, they don't like wind at all.

July 25, 2016, 09:51:25 PM #13

Quote from: Fish Master1 on July 25, 2016, 03:27:39 PM

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/07/21/486656060/to-avoid-malaria-try-sleeping-with-a-chicken-at-your-bedside

FM1 FINALLY makes a relevant contribution!
I'll beat you to the punch...what a dick.

July 26, 2016, 09:07:26 AM #14

No worries the gubmint is spraying again in Woodland / Sacramento area killing all the insects and bees. Another 20 years of no pheasants. Hey at least we wont have West Nile.

User Area

Recent Topics

Support NCKA

Articles

Topic: Mosquito's (Read 844 times)

CGN-38

polepole

Baitman

otobepelagic

NowhereMan

AlsHobieOutback

Fish Master1

AlsHobieOutback

Pacific

NowhereMan

Fuzzy Tom

Eddie

ken jan

Tote

Pacific