Effing Mosquitoes, how do they work?

[SparkyJJO]

Context means everything 😉 I knew instantly he meant liquid propane and not low pressure or lumbar puncture lol

 

[gorobei]

low pressure
long play
lumbar puncture
low power

we had an earlier thread on mosquitos and electric zappers. some good info in there too.

 

[highland145]

You want an LP powered mosquito trap/magnet. Your local home improvement place carries them. They work.

Looked into these a while back and seemed to be very effective (and expensive). The problem was that there was a small part that would break after a couple of years and you couldn't get it replaced. YMMV

We have a bad skeeter problem. No standing water but lots of ivy/shrubs. Was told that the larva can survive with just moist earth/leaves. Anyone?

Pump sprayer + pesticide form the local farm supply has worked the best. Until the next heavy rain.:\

Try catnip. It's the most effective mosquito repellant. It's easy to grow, and your cat will love you.

Links?

 

[CZroe]

low pressure
long play
lumbar puncture
low power

we had an earlier thread on mosquitos and electric zappers. some good info in there too.

Not if you've never heard of it, as a person who needs the suggestion probably hasn't. Even after learning of the device here, I still don't know how it's supposed to work. What does the propane do? Generate heat that attracts mosquitoes? Can't see that being too effective compared to other methods, but I guess it is.

 

[EagleKeeper]

As other have stated; check for standing water of any type in your backyard.
That also means; look at your gutters.
And then the neighbors. Those dive bombers have an attack range of up to 100 meters.


You are now in an aerial combat - treat it as such.
Eliminate standing water - That helps eliminates the source - enemy base of operations;
Then plants that repel them - Anti aircraft shield.
And add a CAP - combat air patrol of bats or birds. Both of those you need to create a base for.

 

[Minerva]

LP/LPG = Liquefied Petroleum / Liquefied Petroleum Gas respectively. It's propane, you know; the gas hillbillies use to heat with! :awe:

Check your gutters too! We had this problem and could not find ANY water anywhere but there was like 1/4" in the gutters and we had them buggers bad! Fix this and no more skeeters!

 

[gorobei]

Not if you've never heard of it, as a person who needs the suggestion probably hasn't. Even after learning of the device here, I still don't know how it's supposed to work. What does the propane do? Generate heat that attracts mosquitoes? Can't see that being too effective compared to other methods, but I guess it is.

propane is a hydro carbon. by reacting it you can get carbon dioxide, water vapor, and heat. all 3 are the primary stimuli that attract mosquitoes, far more than emitted light or motion or smell. they follow the warm co2 plume that humans and animals exhale to the source, which is where the blood is.

the units listed in magnus' link emit a plume and use a vacuum to trap the mosquitoes. they are all electrically powered and seemingly need a fair number of replacement filters, odor chemicals, and other parts. the main upside is that it targets only mosquitoes(not other generally benign insects), and it actually kills them versus repelling them with chemicals(which has varying degrees of effectiveness).

 

[Squisher]

Those mosquito magnets work not only with propane, but also have a consumable cartridge you have to replace. Mosquitoes are attracted to the CO2 plume coming off us, then our smell, then our heat. The MM is supposed to do all three. I hear they're very effective, but cost about $15/mo. to run.

 

[Insomniator]

They sell insect spray at lowes that attaches to your hose... just spray your yard and you won't see mosquitos (or many other insects) for a month or two.

This is the only thing that has helped out the situation in my yard. There is no standing water.... anywhere... but were still hundreds of mosquitos. Cat was getting eaten alive.

 

[Mixolydian]

Cat was getting eaten alive.

Mosquito's can penetrate a cat's fur? :hmm:

 

[Insomniator]

Mosquito's can penetrate a cat's fur? :hmm:

Not so much her fur, but the face/nose/ears etc... and neck area.

 

[Imp]

All I know is that those effers can bite through a heavy-weight t-shirt.

 

[EagleKeeper]

To all you guys that are complaining - realize that this is all about

LOVE ()🙂.



These are female mosquitoes that are coming after you.

 

[heymrdj]

Foggers. They work well. Down south we'd just fog in late evening about once a week, and especially hard core under our raised deck where it was always dark and wet. Killed those buggers off big time and ran off the horse flies/deer flies too.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

"I sell LP and LP accessories."

 

[Ruptga]

Build a deathray.

 

[zinfamous]

remove all the old tires from your property, you damn redneck.

 

[Kelvrick]

Am I the only one who thought of laser powered?