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Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

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Re: Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

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Post by c22 »

nick__m wrote: post #176
owlstuffing wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, how I’ve never wanted downvote power more.

Submit interesting unique links and post more substantive comments (maybe add a paragraph or two your previous comment) and you will be able to downvote soon enough. But I don't understand the appeal, when I do it is usually accidental (really easy to do on a tablet)...

I usually downvote comments that are derailing the thread or are so lazy as to feel like a waste of my time to have read.

I'll often upvote comments with opinions that are counter to my own, especially if they are presented in a clear, coherent, or novel way that causes me to think a bit.

Re: Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

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Post by jrs235 »

Is it possible to get the dunks/bits wet in some water then use a hose sprayer attachment to disperse the bt laced water around your yard to get the bt into soil and other places that are holding water (like spray anything along the side of one's house if they have a bunch of stuff that might be holding water sitting next to the house)?

Re: Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

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Post by petcat »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #134
VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #86

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I question the motivation of people choosing to live in a place where they are constantly at odds with the agreed-upon standards of the community. They should leave if it is really that stressful and onerous.

The problem is that those standards can change based on who's elected or chosen to run the HOA.

Such is the problem with living in a "town" -- or anywhere with a city/community council. People are allowed to move to an adjacent neighborhood, or county, or anywhere, if they don't like the standards and governance.

Re: Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

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Post by throwup238 »

jrs235 wrote: post #222

Is it possible to get the dunks/bits wet in some water then use a hose sprayer attachment to disperse the bt laced water around your yard to get the bt into soil and other places that are holding water (like spray anything along the side of one's house if they have a bunch of stuff that might be holding water sitting next to the house)?

You can just buy the Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis as a concentrate on Amazon [1] and use it in one of those mixing sprayers. It’s the most used pesticide in the world and considered nontoxic for the most part so it’s really easy to get in whatever form or concentration you need.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006JLMQG

Re: Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

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Post by pavel_lishin »

zargon wrote: post #167
schiffern wrote: post #161

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After checking the obvious like old tires or stagnant ditches or tire tracks, the more hidden breeding sites include house gutters, French drains (under the gravel), buried yard drains, and garage floor drains. The general rule is that mosquitos need a pool of water the size of a bottle cap, and it needs to be there for at least a week. Good luck, and good hunting.

I didn’t even think of my rain gutters. I haven’t cleaned them this year. Thanks

My neighbor's shed gutters are completely blocked. That definitely means that there's a limit on what I can do to help mitigate the issue.

Re: Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

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Post by mchusma »

I tried the water based approach before and didn't work, but this may be a good one. What does work for me is a CO2 based trap. I have 4 neighbors on the street using them now. Mosquitos follow CO2 to find their targets, and get sucked into the bucket. Its kind of expensive (upfront cost of about $200 then about $60 in CO2 per summer, but I have a large bag full of mosquitos regularly so i know it works. And I can tell when the CO2 runs out because mosquiotos are back.

No affiliation: https://us.biogents.com/

Re: Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

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Post by amluto »

filleokus wrote: post #67

Many people with mosquito issues around here (Sweden) uses something like https://www.clasohlson.com/se/Mosquito-Magnet/p/31-7190 which burns propane to produce Co2 to lure in mosquitoes and then sucks them in with a fan towards a metal grid to zap them with electricity. Non-poisonous and from what I've heard fairly effective. Not sure if these exists in the US?

I tried one of these once. It was annoying, seemed kind of dangerous, and wasn't especially effective. This is much better:

https://us-shop.biogents.com/products/bg-mosquitaire-co2

Admittedly, it is more annoying to refill.

That being said, depending on your mosquito species, the Biogents chemical attractant may be even more effective than CO2.

Re: Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

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Post by lovich »

antisthenes wrote: post #185
VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I question the motivation of people choosing to live in a place where they are constantly at odds with the agreed-upon standards of the community. They should leave if it is really that stressful and onerous.

> place where they are constantly at odds with the agreed-upon standards of the community. I didn't write those standards, so why would I agree with them? Should I be homeless now?

You can’t have a property under an HOA that you didn’t agree to. Either you were the owner when the original HOA was entered into, or you were aware of it when you purchased the property.

Re: Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

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Post by lovich »

owlstuffing wrote: post #122
VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #40

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> One thing that an HOA might actually be good for I've gotten nothing but benefits from living in neighborhoods with HOAs. Basic stuff like funding for landscapers to keep up the shared grassy areas along the streets, to plowing the access roads in winter time. But the main benefit has always been that it provides a legal mechanism to force everyone to maintain their yards and property. No need to drop passive-aggre…

Oh, how I’ve never wanted downvote power more.

Downvoting is a gated power on this site?

Re: Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

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Post by pfdietz »

jvanderbot wrote: post #200

I live near a swampy lake. I _thought_ these would not make a dent in mosquito populations. But all summer I've been able to sit outside without many bites, as long as I keep them rotated every month or so and stay away from the lake. 4 home depot buckets + a pack of dunks are magic. For those asking - a bucket of sticks and leaves gets stagnat pretty quick. My guess is that it's so attractive that it just manages to…

I wonder if the Bt bacteria were spreading beyond the buckets, affecting larvae elsewhere.
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