I kill 2-4. Fuckers get in whenever I open the windows at night
I have zappers indoors and outdoors, and it sounds like a rave
It is my understanding that the light used on mosquitos don’t attract them. For zappers to work on mosquitos, they usually make use of a refillable odor to attract them enough to zzzzzapp! 💨🦟⚡😈
Unpopular opinion time, but hardly any. They leave me alone for the most part since I got old and all the bugs are gone and I just live and let live unless they’re also around a less… oddly benevolent and susceptible… family member.
As counterpoint, I grew up as an outdoorsy person in northern BC, I know skeeters and have probably killed more than many downvoters could imagine except Manitobans.
Always struck me as odd how thick they get in cold climates. I’ve seen videos from Siberia where the guys in the field are wearing the mosquito version of bee keeper suits.
Meanwhile, in Florida, I have a couple of swampy acres out in the boonies and mosquitos aren’t bad at all. They’re worse in my front yard than out there.
Hardly any, but I just use central AC so my windows are pretty much never opened
Where do you live? Is it a land that doesn’t do screens? In Florida, of you don’t have screens the wildlife just comes inside.
I kill 2 or 3 in the time that I’m outside. It would be more but the sun is trying to kill us right now so I stay inside with air conditioning.
Screens are rare and the house is rented. Mosquitos and the occasional moth are the only wildlife that come in through the window
the wildlife
Now Im imagining owls, bats, bears, alligators all getting stuck on a screen
Oh god, the pictures in my head, LMAO.
“Ma! There’s a danged ole black bear stuck to the back porch screen!”
“Well poke it loose with the broom!”
You sleep late thinking the sun is low. Nope. Gator spread eagle on your bedroom window.
“God. Damnit. Not again”
Wife rolls over in bed,
“Stop bitching and go get the gator spray.”
“We used it all!”
“Then why didn’t you buy more?!”
“I put it on our shopping list. You forgot last time you went to Winn Dixie.”
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When I was visiting for my honeymoon, they were so thick you literally could not avoid stepping on them. We tried for the first day or two, but when there’s not much visible sidewalk between them, eventually you let lizard jesus protect his own.
A female adult mosquito can live for a month or two, laying eggs every two to three days, between 100 and 300 eggs each time.
Also, they travel several kilometres for food - blood, so, I’m going out on a limb, but you might need to scale up your efforts if you’re attempting to reduce the local population.
There weren’t so many around when I lived just a couple kilometers away and I dont live near water neither.
Also 100 - 300 sounds terrifying, glad their numbers are more or less stable through summer
They generally don’t breed in large bodies of water where the water is flowing. They moatly breed in the little stagnant pools of water that collect in other spots because of poor drainage or things like tires, empty pots, and other trash being left out in the rain. There exist these little pellets that poison those stagnant puddles for the mosquito, but not your pets. That and proper drainage around your house will do wonders to reduce the excess population. Pointing a fan to blow out at any open window can help too, but proper screens (with a fine enough mesh) would help more. Mosquitoes don’t like a stiff breeze.
Mosquitoes went down when daddy long legs set up shop all over my patio. We have a symbiotic relationship now.
Not too keen on the black widows, though…
I have a net on my bedroom window, so barely any.
Not enough.
I work in pest control so thousands.
If you want to use what pros use look into the in2care mosquito bucket system. It works fantastic and it’s what most companies use.
I tried looking this up to buy for myself but you technically need a license to purchase the bucket and refills. Unless you know of a place I can buy one without that, you’ll just end up paying an exorbitant markup for essentially a set it and forget it product
You should install some screens.
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I don’t remember the last time I killed one. They’re not as attracted to me and I usually wear long sleeves and sometimes a deterrent spray anyways. So I guess none.
Though I might kill out of reflex, I also happen to agree with the Dalai Lama on the action if there is no threat, plus they’re pollinators.
- No standing water around our place so nowhere for them to breed.
I can’t actually remember the last time I even saw a mosquito.
Where do you live? Can I move there? 😭
They exist here. I just live inner city and never see them.
As someone who spent virtually the entirety of his life in a inner city in the North East, of North America we have lots of mosquitoes here. Which parts of the world do you come from? Some place with a good mosquito control department I assume?
I can’t really explain it. I was as surprised as anyone when I realized I can’t remember the last time I saw a mosquito.
It’s Calgary, Canada. The climate is fairly arid, but there are definitely mosquitos in the area. I just haven’t seen one in a long time, despite being outside for at least a couple of hours every day.
I suspect if I walked along the river more I’d see some though.
Lucky you!
I have a liquid repellent but it doesn’t work well. Feels like 1) by the time the mosquitos are in its range they’re already inside and can’t figure out how to go back out so they hide in other rooms 2) some mosquitos don’t care at all and keep harassing either way
