mosquitos

That's hilarious....and a little scary!

I am going to have to try your system. They spray by me but I am in the middle of the woods in a swampy area so they only spray the very edge of my front yard. When we first moved in one of our dogs (female boxer) got so bit up you could see 20 some large bites on her. I have an 8 month old son who I would like to have outside but won't let him out there until I take care of the mosquito problem.

I can honestly say that this system works and works well. Took me a few years to get it right. They make a malathion spray that hooks right to your garden hose (spectracide) is the maker I buy mine at Menards but Home Depot sells it too. The cutter spray hooks to the garden hose as well and that has the added bonus of killing and preventing ticks as well. The Fogger machine is a god send I use black fog fogging juice in mine. Spray the lawn on a day when no rain is in the forecast for 24-48 hours and do it early morning or late evening. If you fog do it at dusk on a calm evening. I usually spray the lawn one day and fog the next and do it every two weeks or so no longer than three in time. We have a very very large lawn since we live in the country and one bottle equals one application. If your yard is normal size one bottle would probably get you two applications. With three boys I worry about west Nile but I can honestly say they get bit very very little since I've used this regiment the last three summers. Well worth the 200 a season in product . Let me know if you try it and see what you think.

I am going to have to try your system. They spray by me but I am in the middle of the woods in a swampy area so they only spray the very edge of my front yard. When we first moved in one of our dogs (female boxer) got so bit up you could see 20 some large bites on her. I have an 8 month old son who I would like to have outside but won't let him out there until I take care of the mosquito problem.

I can honestly say that this system works and works well.  Took me a few years to get it right.  They make a malathion spray that hooks right to your garden hose (spectracide) is the maker I buy mine at Menards but Home Depot sells it too.  The cutter spray hooks to the garden hose as well and that has the added bonus of killing and preventing ticks as well.  The Fogger machine is a god send I use black fog fogging juice in mine.  Spray the lawn on a day when no rain is in the forecast for 24-48 hours and do it early morning or late evening.  If you fog do it at dusk on a calm evening.  I usually spray the lawn one day and fog the next and do it every two weeks or so no longer than three in time.  We have a very very large lawn since we live in the country and one bottle equals one application.  If your yard is normal size one bottle would probably get you two applications. With three boys I worry about west Nile but I can honestly say they get bit very very little since I've used this regiment the last three summers.  Well worth the 200 a season in product . Let me know if you try it and see what you think.

I will grab the stuff this weekend. I also worry about Lyme Disease. We are deer central where I am at and the dogs always have ticks no matter what treatment they have on. I have also been meaning to grab a bunch of tiki torches and I also want to put some fans outside. From what I read mosquitos are really weak flying insects so fans really disturb them. I will let you know how it goes.

I grew up on the Tx coast- my Dad, who did 3 tours in Vietnam, said the big thicket was just like the jungles over there. Those bug trucks would come through the neighborhood all the time and like Marko we thought as kids it was a brilliant opportunity to go Gorillas in the Mist.

Austin has one of the largest urban bat populations in the world so I do have several bat houses in the backyard. It helps but is not 100%. We keep the standing water at a minimum etc. and just deal with it. Me more so than my wife

I've found that in the summer time, the witching hour seems to be from 8:30-9:30 pm (dusk), at least around here. That's when they're the worst. I just avoid being outside at that time for the most part.

We just got annexed into the city last year, so the bug trucks started this past summer. I remember them from being a kid in the city for most of my life, but my daughter had never seen one of the trucks until last summer. She thought they were creepy because of how the orange rotating lights lit the fog as they drove through. Told her how we used to just hold our breath for a bit when they passed thinking that was enough to ward off any potential health problems. Then I proceeded to bring in the animals, lock the doors, and hermetically seal the house when it went by the other night. Oh how a little wisdom changes how you react.

Down here it's like mosquito central with all the humidity, and they find me appealing much to my misfortune. We wind up using fans and Citronella candles when we're out, and that seems to work pretty well. Our dogs don't usually get bitten too much thankfully. I'm sure our biggest dogs' flatulence problem keeps them at bay.

I'm sure our biggest dogs' flatulence problem keeps them at bay.

likely story Good point on the dogs though as we very much stay on top of their heartworm meds, even though they are not outside dogs.

I'm sure our biggest dogs' flatulence problem keeps them at bay.

likely story Good point on the dogs though as we very much stay on top of their heartworm meds, even though they are not outside dogs.

Right Walter My dog has that problem as well

Mosquitos aren't fond of me. I believe it's because there isn't much cholesterol in the top layers of my skin but they love my SO


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Our mosquitoes haven't begun yet, that's a month away. But we are a few days into black fly season. They are terrible. They slash the skin and lap the blood. Tiny bugs that get anywhere and invariably the incision they make gets a mild infection, or seems to. They are daytime bugs, once it gets dark they are gone. I'm hoping they all hatch, then we get a hard frost. That kills the things.