Mosquito control

I am at the mercy of aerial spraying, which is always delayed from lack of funding and wind. I bought an electric light zapper thing for inside the house that helped some. We still use sticky fly paper and flyswatters for most of the squeeters though.

 

Genious!

 

Put up a few bat boxes in a few trees, when they move it, that will take care of the problem mosquitos.

 

Our neighbors put one on a large tree about 8' up and its done well. It's worth a try........

 

Sorry if I sound like a broken record, but here goes: As many saw at our gtg, we live in the woods. The woods gets wet in the spring and many times during summer and even in the fall. Over they years we have tried many things but to try to control a large acreage is a bit much. I do have mosquito granules that I pass out to residents of our township but in addition to that we have found one thing and one thing only that really does the trick. ThermaCell.

Effective Mosquito Repellent for Outdoor Areas | Thermacell

Many years ago I was talked into buying one of the little units like this:

At the time I was still a bit reluctant but I quickly learned. One of the first times I used one was a year I was late in stacking wood. Late May and the temperature soared into the 80's and very humid. Wow! Great conditions for a big hatch and we had a dandy. After slapping myself silly for a time I then thought about the little unit so went into the house to get it. I laid it on the ground right next to the pile of wood. Within just a couple of minutes, I was able to remove my shirt and I never slapped another mosquito while stacking that wood. Needless to say, I was sold and still am.

We have 2 or 3 of these units and use them a lot. Even when my wife is picking strawberries. You have to be close to the ground to do that! She simply lays the unit by her and moves it along as she picks and that takes care of the skeeters.

These are not what I call expensive. You may buy them locally, through the website or even places like www.cabelas.com

The only caution about them is to not use them indoors. Rarely will you get any smell from them. Very simple to use. After all, my wife can even operate one.

 

It would be nice with a larger range but methinks it would be difficult to make and perhaps throw too much stuff in the air.

 

We used that years ago, there was something in the llamas corral, burrowing dirt/mud wasps or biting flies. Worked well. PS what do you use to apply it?