<div dir="ltr">What Jim said and look for the smallest container of water, the plates under potted plants, the gutters, old tires, (in Cumming, old stills ;-), etc. etc. BT is killed by UV, so you have to repopulate every month or so, perhaps more often with all the rain we have had this summer.<div>
<br></div><div>Purple Martins also are your friends. Unlike bats, they ARE active in the day time and consume a vast quantity of mosquitoes every day. They are also a delight to watch as they swoop around the yard catching the little buggers. I think they prefer open spaces to heavily wooded, but you might try hanging some gourds next Feb and see if you can attract some to your home.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Beddingfield, Allen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allen@ua.edu" target="_blank">allen@ua.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The fans/moving air around the house will keep them struggling to fly, assuming you have strong enough fans. I have personally had good luck with CedarCide "Best Yet" spray. It is a little pricey, and it makes you smell like cedar (which is less noxious than some colognes I have smelled), but it seems to work for me when I am gardening late in the evening. We also have lots of horseflies over here, and it seems to repel them.<br>
Allen B.<br>
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<div class="im HOEnZb">Subject: [ale] WAY OT controlling asian tiger mosquitos and others<br>
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</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">Hi Guys,<br>
<br>
You've been warned, WAY OT.<br>
<br>
Don't flame me for posting this, but you guys are my geeky brain trust,<br>
and you had a gardening thread going on recently, so I figured I'd try it.<br>
<br>
I live on a wooded property and there are huge numbers of mosquitoes<br>
around in the summer, particularly lately. I think the main species<br>
active in the day time may be the Asian Tiger Mosquito. If we go<br>
outside for more than 1-2 minutes, they're attacking with a vengeance.<br>
I don't know for sure if they're Asian Tigers, since I'm too busy<br>
shewing, slapping, and moving to look closely at their appearance. But<br>
I do know those are much more active in daylight hours than others; and<br>
I know I've occasionally seen their distinctive striped appearance.<br>
<br>
I'm not a big outdoors person, but this just reinforces my stay inside<br>
or in a car mentality, even in fair weather. I have to make it a point<br>
to try to never leave the front house door or a car door open more than<br>
5-10 seconds.<br>
<br>
I'm posing this to you to find out if you've had personal experience<br>
with exotic solutions, some of which I'll mention. I don't want to put<br>
pesticide / repellent on my skin. I don't want to spray large parts of<br>
the yard with chemicals. So, I'm wondering about some of the less<br>
invasive technologies.<br>
<br>
I've read enough to become convinced that ultrasonic devices don't work<br>
at all; and bug zapper devices don't primarily work on mosquitoes.<br>
<br>
I am interested to know if anyone has had experience with the mosquito<br>
magnet brand of propane / attractant driven trap. According to Amazon<br>
reviews, they seem to work, but cost $ 300 to acquire and $ 40+ or so<br>
per month to run. Some reviews say they're not durable.<br>
<br>
I would also be interested in the new OFF devices with a fan that you<br>
clip on your belt. They've been advertising them like they're the<br>
shields around the starship Enterprise. Let's just say I'm skeptical.<br>
<br>
Another thing that crossed my mind is those fans you can mount over the<br>
door which blow air downward. At least that could keep the critters out<br>
of the house.<br>
<br>
The subject of bats may come up, and I'm glad to discuss it. I did do<br>
some reading though that said bats will prefer other food sources where<br>
they can get more of a meal for less work.<br>
<br>
This is not a critical problem, and, truth be known, I probably wouldn't<br>
spend $ 300 to fight it. But it is extremely annoying. I just hate the<br>
idea of my blood being sucked to help create more of the #$#$%#$%<br>
stinking bugs. There is also the remote chance of them carrying<br>
dangerous diseases. Also, not being able to go outside hardly at all,<br>
is annoying even for me.<br>
<br>
Anybody have any suggestions that don't involve putting toxic chemicals<br>
on myself or the property?<br>
<br>
Any help is always appreciated. Can't say I would implement any given<br>
suggestion, but I'd certainly consider them, and would enjoy learning<br>
about options. I always learn things from the discussions here. My<br>
reading has convinced me there is no silver bullet, as with so many real<br>
world problems. I'd settle for just about any usable and affordable bullet.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
<br>
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