I have a mosquito infestation problem.
I've checked around the house and there are no stagnant pools, puddles or water, but in the evening there's a cloud of mosquitoes.
I left the bathroom window open last night, and this morning there were at least 70-80 mosquitoes around it.
The garage has Tiger mosquitoes (nasty farkers who will bite any time of day), which are kept fairly in check with the resident spiders (all huge and fat daddy long legs).
The other mosquitoes just hang around and don't bite much, but make me paranoid... specially after what I saw this morning.
I've sprayed the bathroom and they're all on the floor now.
How do I get rid of them outside?
Thanks.
clear out your gutters- if they block up with leaves the mozzies will breed in the trapped water. otherwise keep a fan on and burn some citronella. don't clear away the spiders in the house. i leave all the old webs alone (much to the chagrin of my wife) and they help keep the mozzies at bay.
on a side note: only the females bite, they need blood for egg laying (i think). the males are vegetarian.
another side note: you worry about chemtrails and fluoride, yet are happy to soak your bathroom in insecticide?
Phone up the Illuminati and get them to do another chemtrails run.
They have obviously fallen down on the job over the christmas break.
(It's so hard to get good hired help these days.) ![]()
Mozzies breed in the outside water traps for the house drains.
These can be floordrains for the laundry, bathroom, and toilet floors and sometimes for the kitchen sink, washbasins etc. In other words, wherever there is a water outlet from the house there can be a water trap into the sewer system.
Often these can be unscreened and the mozzies love them. They can also breed in air con. drain points, buckets left out for dogs or birds etc.
They only need a few spoonfuls of water to set up shop.
If your place is clear, maybe from next door.
Don't move to Mandurah then...
the marshes that surround Mandurah are year long and the Mozzies never cease
day and night.....
we have a lovely large block and I am confined to the house 99% of the time for 5 months of the year...stuffing no fun at all![]()
BARMAC - "out of bounds" ..... available from City Farmers
100% guaranteed to get rid of the blood-thirsty little Varmints
You mix it with water and spray around your house walls , doesn't affect animals
Works every time and lasts for months you can spray it in your gardens where the little bastards hide![]()
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^^^^ yep I hear you pup....I have a bottle in the laundry![]()
I just went and bought this 2 minutes ago...
Have to wait till it gets here...![]()
I'll give this a go 1st...or I just might move ![]()
I think I saw one of those on Ebay Gyps ..... good luck with that flying machine & hope it also doesn't snuff out the other buggies - bit of a catch 22 isn't it whatever way you go![]()
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My parents used to live in Pleasant Grove (suburb of Mandurah) and had similar problems with mozzies.
I picked up a bug zapper of the type you see bolted to the wall in cafe's and takeaways, removed the tray underneath that catches the fried bugs, hung it on an outside wall under the eaves of the shed and left it turned on.
It didnt clear the problem totally- but it attracted the mozzies and flies away from the house, and the pile of fried bugs and mozzies was pretty impressive under it- as were the colony of fat frogs it was feeding.
A pair of black light tubes and starters lasted around 18 months to 2 years before needing replacing.
no idea what it cost to run- but no chemicals involved.
I have one of these:- Basically only does the moths that eat my Cape Lilac tree
It keeps the small birds fed.![]()
and one of these:- this one is rubbish even with the Pheromone Attractant.![]()
I don't see how they could breed in a p trap on a fixture that is being actively used, the water would flush them.
If you are on a septic I have heard about them breeding in the tank and transiting thru the plumbing vents on the roof. A simple screen will remedy this.
Back in Europe we had a massive mozzie prob, was a swamp that is a protected reserve. The local gov build a gate on the out river making the water go to high level at 5 pm when the little bastard start to breed and then letting the water go out at 6 am. They lay the eggs at night just a few millimetre under the water surface attached to aquatic plants so they can stay nice and protected from the sun so when you lower the water level all the eggs are out of water and dye. We have no mozzies around anymore and use no chemicals.
Could be done in the Mandurah area but at cost.