mosquito decimation

[ThaTermeneter]

Hey the weather here is pretty sweet at the moment but the skeeters are already out in force, I know the number 1 way to cut down on them is to eliminate standing water which I have done to the best of my ability. Places that could catch water have been eliminated on the property and I keep an eye out for a bucket being left out etc. I throw mosquito granules in standing water that doesn't belong to me ( since I have no business dumping other peoples barrels ) but I can't snoop through the entire neighborhood poisoning everyone's brackish buckets of water.

I got some gangster-grade DEET spray but I gotta use a fuck-load and don't know how good it is to fucking soak that shit up in your skin 7 days a week, plus it needs to be reapplied after a good sweat or a few hours.

Is there any LEGIT contraption that will just butt rape the mosquito population? The expensive propane powered co2 generating things are supposed to do pretty good but all the reviews I read said they are made dinky and only last a year or two ( not acceptable when your shelling out 600+ bucks ) and replacement parts are hard to come by.

I would prefer not to tarnish the ground water or kill unrelated critters, I would love to go outside without needing spray. Any suggestions?

[Bradley]

Would about a bug zapper? That shit normally works if you're looking to clear up a backyard at night or something.

Not like you'll realistically be able to cleanse a neighborhood of mosquitoes entirely.

[Spatula Tzar]

Bug zappers will fry anything flying into them, but mosquitoes aren't lured by light. They mainly go after CO2. You could try building a zapper with a CO2 tank on a slow release, and see if it works, but you're still stuck refilling the tank.

Going after standing water is easily the best solution, as you already know. I have no idea what "mosquito granules" are, but a search reveals some sort of repellent which doesn't work very well. Go for the good stuff: copper. Toss a few pieces of scrap copper in the water, and it will slowly corrode, creating a solution of copper ions which are toxic to the larva. If you want something even stronger but not as lasting, use copper sulfate.

Another solution is to use fish. Buy a bunch of minnows at a bait shop, and drop them in water with enough volume for them to survive. Larvae are tasty snacks for fish. Beware of stocking ponds with non-native species though, and don't mix fish with copper.

Why can't you go through the entire neighbourhood? Give a small pitch on how dumping the water stops mosquitoes, and offer to do it for them. I'm sure plenty of people will allow it.

In my opinion, repellents such as DEET are useless. If you can get your hands on some DDT, you'll be set. Use it very carefully and sparingly, and you can avoid the environmental problems caused by stupidly spraying it over millions of square kilometers.

[&Zenith]

A bug zapper would be perfect. After all, you want their population decimated (reduced by 10%). Unless- of course- you meant annihilate (reduce by 100%).

[The Pat-Man]

fuck i hate mosquitoes.


my mom used to swear using dove soap when showering would make the skeeters not bite, but shes crazy so i dunno.

[&Zenith]

I hear mosquitoes aren't fond of people who have large amounts of garlic and onion in their diet but I don't know how true that is.

[moron]

As far as standing water, aside from minnows you could also strategically place a few containers around your house and dump them once a week. Let stand dry for a day to make sure nothing aquatic survives, then refill + repeat. I'd imagine it takes more than a week for a larvae to fly, so all the mature skeeters will waste their time and energy laying eggs that never will fly. Not sure about the timing though, maybe they can mature within a week.... more research needed.....

Originally Posted by Spatula Tzar

They mainly go after CO2. You could try building a zapper with a CO2 tank on a slow release, and see if it works, but you're still stuck refilling the tank.

that's exactly how mosquito-magnet traps work, using propane though since people already have tanks for their grills

[Village Idiot]

Originally Posted by ThaTermeneter

Hey the weather here is pretty sweet at the moment but the skeeters are already out in force, I know the number 1 way to cut down on them is to eliminate standing water which I have done to the best of my ability. Places that could catch water have been eliminated on the property and I keep an eye out for a bucket being left out etc. I throw mosquito granules in standing water that doesn't belong to me ( since I have no business dumping other peoples barrels ) but I can't snoop through the entire neighborhood poisoning everyone's brackish buckets of water.

I got some gangster-grade DEET spray but I gotta use a fuck-load and don't know how good it is to fucking soak that shit up in your skin 7 days a week, plus it needs to be reapplied after a good sweat or a few hours.

Is there any LEGIT contraption that will just butt rape the mosquito population? The expensive propane powered co2 generating things are supposed to do pretty good but all the reviews I read said they are made dinky and only last a year or two ( not acceptable when your shelling out 600+ bucks ) and replacement parts are hard to come by.

I would prefer not to tarnish the ground water or kill unrelated critters, I would love to go outside without needing spray. Any suggestions?

One option to get rid of the mosquito population is constructing bat houses. They don't require much work, just good placement and some luck, really. There's a place in north carolina that holds one of the largest bat houses and there is no mosquito problem in the area. And bats are pretty badass. And the homes are really simple to make, or you can just buy them.
I've heard of people using bat guano with the houses to try and attract other bats, but I'm pretty sure that's bullshit and detrimental to them.
http://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Outdo...Bat-House.aspx

http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Bui...ouse-106154773

[Pee Vee Proots, M.D.]

Lasers.

Mosquito killed by a Laser - YouTube

Mosquito killed by a Laser - YouTube
Video: click to display

[DiStOrTiOn]

figure out a way to culture those mosquito-eating microbes (bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, aka micro israeli jew bastards) in mass quantity then dust it all over your land and neighborhood

[Captain Falcon]

Originally Posted by Village Idiot

One option to get rid of the mosquito population is constructing bat houses. They don't require much work, just good placement and some luck, really. There's a place in north carolina that holds one of the largest bat houses and there is no mosquito problem in the area. And bats are pretty badass. And the homes are really simple to make, or you can just buy them.
I've heard of people using bat guano with the houses to try and attract other bats, but I'm pretty sure that's bullshit and detrimental to them.
http://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Outdo...Bat-House.aspx

http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Bui...ouse-106154773

This. I live in Pakostan andd here we have a problem with Dengue Virus bearing mosquitoes and mosquitoes in general and my garden and roof used to be swarming with the motherfuckers, literally EVERYWHERE. Then my aunt bought me a bat-house as a gift and told me to put it up somewhere, so I mounted it on the side of my house, 10 feet below the roof and facing the direction where the sun is most of the time in the summers. Then I took away all standing water around and a week or so later, BAM! No mosquitoes

Originally Posted by Pee Vee Proots, M.D.

Lasers.

Mosquito killed by a Laser - YouTube

That looks painful as fuck. I hate mosquitoes, but I hope they don't have the mental ability to process pain.

[Ph0x]

No one here is going to point out decimate means to reduce by 0.1?

[ArmsMerchant]

^I would have, had you not. Decimation was an invention of the Romans, btw.

I suspect some slightly literate folks confuse the word with "devastate."

[The Pat-Man]

decimation sounds badass though and no one gives a fuck what it means except wannabe injuns and neck beards.

[Ph0x]

Originally Posted by The Pat-Man

decimation sounds badass though and no one gives a fuck what it means except wannabe injuns and neck beards.

and people who know english

[ArmsMerchant]

No need to poison yourself or others. Wear light-colored clothing, don't wear a scent, and learn how to swat them properly.

Some of the hardshelled variety (there are about 30 different species here in Alaska) can survive a pretty hearty clout, until you learn to swat and sort of roll them up into a little gobbet of meat.

For indoor use, you can get these units with a UV light to attract them, and a fan which sucks them into a little drawer where they perish miserably.

[SHARP]

Originally Posted by The Pat-Man

decimation sounds badass though and no one gives a fuck what it means except wannabe injuns and neck beards.

Trust me, "decimation" in its original sense is a hell of a lot more badass than you think, not even the Russians would turn to decimation during WWI, they only shot the ones that ran from the fighting, "decimation" is so god damn ugly you wouldn't believe it...
Some of us here knows exactly what it means, which to me says that at least a few of us have bit o' historical knowledge, so please don't rip on people who knows something you don't, people like us educate people like you, so you guys come off smarter...

As for you OP, I'm sorry I don't have anything to add beyond what's already been said, get rid of stagnant water and attract bats galore, an alternative could be spiders but there's not much you can do to attract the ones you'd need...

[Pee Vee Proots, M.D.]

Originally Posted by phox

No one here is going to point out decimate means to reduce by 0.1?

No, because we're not pedantic fucks who go into every thread trying to sound smart. Like when you were trying to educate people on the difference between .01 and .001 scales. Nobody was asking and you decided to butt in with some retardedly specific knowledge that changed very little and that nobody but you cared about, all you so could show how knowledgeable you think you are you tubby fuck.

I'm pretty sure I learned for sure what decimation means after reading World War Z, but I always thought that's what it meant anyway due to understanding English.

Anyway GTFO. You too SHARP, you're not smart.

[SHARP]

Originally Posted by Pee Vee Proots, M.D.

I'm pretty sure I learned for sure what decimation means after reading World War Z, but I always thought that's what it meant anyway due to understanding English.

Yes, sure you did...

Originally Posted by Pee Vee Proots, M.D.

Anyway GTFO. You too SHARP, you're not smart.

I'm fairly certain you might accidentally be somewhat correct in that statement within the scope of probability as I can't say for sure, but what's important to remember is that random people on the webbernets and their opinions aren't by any standards considered scientifically accurate, or verifiable documentation, so how about we just write that little burp of yours off as "personal opinion", on which I should probably elaborate the fact that the previously mentioned concept is as rare as a certain muscle that prevents digested matter from freely exiting the body of all vertebrates...

[Pee Vee Proots, M.D.]

Originally Posted by SHARP

Yes, sure you did...

I understand prefixes and have since elementary school. Especially up here in the great white north where we use the metric system, prefixes like that are hard not to understand. Silly American retard. I understood the common usage of the word doesn't mean reduce to one tenth, but I also understood it's origins.

Originally Posted by SHARP

I'm fairly certain you might accidentally be somewhat correct in that statement within the scope of probability as I can't say for sure, but what's important to remember is that random people on the webbernets and their opinions aren't by any standards considered scientifically accurate, or verifiable documentation, so how about we just write that little burp of yours off as "personal opinion", on which I should probably elaborate the fact that the previously mentioned concept is as rare as a certain muscle that prevents digested matter from freely exiting the body of all vertebrates...

Wow. I hate throwing around words and phrases like try-hard and pseudointellectual, but fuck me, you make it impossible to resist. Way to educate us all though.

[SHARP]

Originally Posted by Pee Vee Proots, M.D.

I understand prefixes and have since elementary school. Especially up here in the great white north where we use the metric system, prefixes like that are hard not to understand. Silly American retard. I understood the common usage of the word doesn't mean reduce to one tenth, but I also understood it's origins.

You must be so very proud, apparently you're not as dumb as you seem, yet with all your intellectual prowess you didn't quite get the very obvious "hint" openly displayed right under my "Join Date" that I'm not American, but Danish...
Nice going there, very observant of you, but let's give that a rest because I'd very much like to know, seeing as you're such a well educated person as you presumably are, why do you choose to defend "the stupid people's" opinion when you know better?

No seriously, why do you rip on people that you know for a fact are as well informed as yourself? it doesn't really make any sense...

Originally Posted by Pee Vee Proots, M.D.

Wow. I hate throwing around words and phrases like try-hard and pseudointellectual, but fuck me, you make it impossible to resist. Way to educate us all though.

Well, most of it was basically just wording for the hell of it, as I'm sure you could gather from my post I didn't take your "Anyway GTFO. You too SHARP, you're not smart." comment too seriously as I replied with a "opinions are like assholes, everybody's got 'em"...
But someone as smart as you got it straight away...
Or did you?

Anyways, I'll hit the sack, have fun...

[Pee Vee Proots, M.D.]

Starring SHARP.

[Psycho0124]

Rather than trying to kill them all, just send them somewhere else. Go buy some "dry ice" at your local party place and toss it over into the neighbors yard. The mosquitoes will smell the CO2 coming off the dry ice as it sublimates and go bother the neighbor, thinking there's a really heavy-breathing animal over there.

[Spayed]

Bats, as established. Also you can try to encourage barn swallows to move it which is easier than bats and they'll stay forever.

There's another thing that I've heard but not tested: you eat ~1/3tsp celery seed a day and the skeeters won't fuck with you because of your scent.

Whatever the mosquito commission from my area does works REALLY good but probably has adverse environmental effects. I think they dump some weird fungus in the swamp.

[skygear]

Flowtron MA-1000-6 Octenol Mosquito Attractant Cartridges

http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Prod/S...FYFo4Aods1MApw
I have one of these,... Not worth the money I picked it up for. Mosquitos NEVER got zaped . I kept a collection plate underneath to keep track.

I can, however, count the bites I received.

[sepht]

just get a bunch of garden spiders

they'll work 24 7 to take care of your pest problem

[The Chuggernaut]

I um... don't go outside.

Problem solved.

[adhesive tape]

Originally Posted by Ph0x

and people who know english

"The word decimation is often used to refer to an extreme reduction in the number of a population or force, much greater than the one tenth defined by the "deci" root." -Wiki

[Captain Falcon]

Originally Posted by sepht

just get a bunch of garden spiders

they'll work 24 7 to take care of your pest problem

or bats. Bats will eat those niggers up like nobody's business. Only problem is the guano.

[Spatula Tzar]

I made a pair of bat houses.

I don't know if there are any bats yet, but I see plenty flying around, so I'm sure they'll move in soon.

[Average Fuckin Joe]

Originally Posted by Pee Vee Proots, M.D.

Lasers.

Mosquito killed by a Laser - YouTube

haha, thats pretty fuckin cool

[LSDaamn]

Bats are bullshit. There's at least 20-30 or so in the attic of a abandoned house across the street from me. I always see them flying out of a broken window and i still have a dozens of bites.