Mosquitoes! What do we do?
Question:We have mosquitoes in the house and at night they eat us alive. How do we keep them out of here? I need to kill them all of. Something that is not dangerous to kids and other animals. Please HELP!
Answers:
Do not allow standing water to accumulate for more than two days. Common areas to check: old tires, buckets, unused plastic swimming pools, the base of a flower pot, pet dishes, plastic covers or any container that may collect water.
Change the water in birdbaths, fountains and wading pools at least once a week.
Clean debris from rain gutters and remove standing water under or around structures.
If you have a flat roof, check for standing water several days after a rain.
Check rain barrels for mosquito larvae. A tight cover will prevent egg laying. A thin layer of oil will kill mosquitoes already present.
Repair leaks or clear away puddles from around faucets and window air conditioning units.
Stock ornamental pools with minnows or goldfish (they eat mosquito larvae on the water surface) or treat the pools with biological larvicides (chemicals or natural bacteria that can be used to kill mosquito larvae).
Be sure to keep swimming pools, saunas and hot tubs clean and chlorinated. If not in use, keep empty and covered.
Empty accumulated water from boats and cargo trailers.
Fill or drain large puddles, ditches and swampy areas.
Remove, drain or fill tree holes and stumps with mortar.
Keep hedges and bushes trimmed to reduce shade.
Mow the lawn at least once a week. Mosquitoes can hide in the shade of tall grass.
Make sure windows, doors and porches are tightly screened and are free of holes.
Have your place fumigated if it's really that bad. If not, try citronella candles. And put lots of anti-histamine sprays.
Put Up screens, buy doors to your house.
Get a few fruit bats- the eat 9-10,000 mosquitos a night and won't attack kids or animals.
Try to get rid of any standing water near your home (old tires, bird baths, unused kiddie pools etc...
Buy a garden sprayer and some permethrin based indoor insecticide and spray everything except food prep areas.
Most bug bombs will do the trick nicely too.
Good luck!
Make sure you don't have anything outside that has standing water in it. They breed fast in those kinds of things, like buckets, old children's wagons, etc. If you have areas in yard that puddle for days on end they make these little tablets you can throw in the water that will kill the buggers before they hatch and fly away to bite you. A yard fogger works in some cases but only temporarily. You might check with your city to see if they do routine neighborhood fogging with a truck. Where I used to live near the coast they did that every once in awhile and it really did the job.
Another possibility is a hanging bug zapper.
You can put up traps around the house, these will help inside and out. They emit an attractive scent, to mosquitos, and then blow them into a collectin bag with a fan. Work good.
See this web site.
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