Why didn't Noah swat those 2 mosquitoes on the Arc?

Being in the heights of viscous blood sucker season...What have you done, and I am even open to hippy $#!+, to help keep those swarms of satan away!

 

May try putting the noxious weed wormwood on my camp fire to smolder and smoke a bit. Supposedly it helps and I am open to anything that would help. Anyone tried this?

 

Stay in the house.
During their heyday, we bought a bug zapper that sorta kept 'em at bay. Now the thing is zapping tons of moths.

 

I know we don't have mosquitoes like some of those areas up north, but we have really got them this year! Worst I've ever seen here!!!

 

Same here, and I think they're making a slight comeback.

 

Yep, we have a dynatrap XL. It works well.
That reminds me that I need to empty it out.

 

It has been extremely dry here and they haven't been too bad .
Actually, the deer flies are worse right now. They seem to wait like vultures.

 

I have to take a shower in deep woods off or similar if I want to have any corpuscles left at the end of the day.

 

Have you tried Buggins? I think it is all natural and it doesn't smell bad and it works.

 

I just bought the best thing I've ever found to repel mosquitoes. It’s called Thermacell. The one I have is in the shape of a lantern. It uses a butane tank to heat a pad which give off an odorless vapor that will keep mosquitoes away for up to four hours per pad. It covers a fifteen foot area. I tried it the first night on the deck and I can say I did not get one bite or hear a skeeter buzzing in my ear. Tried it again the next night to be sure, and it worked the same. Got it st Home Depot. I can’t say enough good things about it. I don’t work for them, own any stock or know them. I just know, for me, it works.

 

Dennis, I’m glad you said they work because I thought I was crazy at first. Never had anything work when out on the deck at night before. I’d spray down with Deet, but I really don’t like sprays. Now I just go out in short sleeves and shorts. Every year the blood suckers come out earlier and earlier. We’d usually be safe until July, but now they start in June. We even get Day biters too, which really drive me crazy. My lantern was $29.95. The best money I’ve spent. Bought a four pack of refills for $20 which will last a total of 48 hrs of use. I might get another one to completely cover the area of the deck. This thing even keeps the black flies that swarm under the table umbrella away.

 

Yep, the Thermacell units just plain work. I'm still trying to find a way to nuke 'em all though.

 

We've been getting them more and more here also. Gheez those little things are annoying! They like to land on the back of your head and neck and ears. And they start biting almost as soon as they land.

 

They used to attack the rear view mirrors on my truck as I came rumbling down the driveway. I'd have to wait several minutes to get out of the truck for the horde to disperse.
I had a yellow electric fly swatter that they would attack like little Kamikaze flies, but they don't like the new blue one.
I also found if I put my hand up like a Nazi salute to the stars they sometimes attack my hand which is pretty easy to slap with the other one seeing as I still have 2. Any neighbors watching must think I'm nuts though.

 

That's what that DynaTrap XL that Horkn has is supposed to do...catch 'em all in a 1 acre area (more or less) I haven't tried one yet though...DynaTrap 3-Way Insect Control | DynaTrap

 

Yes, the dynatrap catches the buggers and essentially holds them prisoner until they die. As good as I hear the thermacells are, they just repel the bugs, but do nothing to the population. It depends where you are using the device. You can't carry a dynatrap around in the woods, well, you could but you'd have extension cords and possibly a generator, but you can carry a thermacell around and it moves with you.

Whatever you can do to not get bit is the goal, however you get to that point.

 

A bit late in the season now, but we may grab one of those early next year.
That zapper we got is a Black Flag from Menard's from a couple months ago, but it requires a little pad in a cage that has Octenol on it. Seems to work pretty well, but it loses effectiveness after about month.