Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

Post by JohnFen » Wed, Jul 30, 2025, 3:21 PM UTC

VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #40

jmuguy wrote: post #28

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Bingo. We did these buckets, were very diligent about it. They appeared to work (at least in terms of attracting Mosquitos, which they're meant to do) but had no real effect generally. House next door is a rental, with a rotating cast of 20-somethings that do not keep up the yard and its filled with nice little habitats for Mosquitos. One thing that an HOA might actually be good for - I would love to see what happens…

> 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…

Post by floatrock » Wed, Jul 30, 2025, 3:23 PM UTC

itsanaccount wrote: post #16

boringg wrote: post #2

Anything for deer flies and horse flies?

deer and horse flies are fundamentally different. a horse fly can be caught by a chemical attractant, think the "pop" traps. Which you can scale to a 5 gallon bucket no problem. A deer fly goes after movement and the color blue, so your traps tend to be sticky traps, like a lowes bucket coated in tanglefoot. but you can't feed them to fish, chickens and they're a pain to clean. I've been looking for someone to scale…

Post by AngryData » Wed, Jul 30, 2025, 3:26 PM UTC

chasil wrote: post #68

Spagbol wrote: post #29

Currently I've been using these to deal with fungus gnats in my indoor plants; they are quite effective, just put one in my watering can, keep the watering can full so it can steep, and water as normal. It kills the larvae in the same way and after about a month I had no more fungus gnat problem (after trying many other things with no success) I do wonder about the eventual mosquito adaption to this if it is employed…

This bacterial strain was discovered in 1976, but has been in the environment for a long time. Resistance should have already emerged? "As a toxic mechanism, cry proteins bind to specific receptors on the membranes of mid-gut (epithelial) cells of the targeted pests, resulting in their rupture. Other organisms (including humans, other animals and non-targeted insects) that lack the appropriate receptors in their gut…

Post by amluto » Wed, Jul 30, 2025, 3:28 PM UTC

nicolaslem wrote: post #57

I ended up building this entirely by accident. Last summer I wanted to have aquatic plants in my garden, so I made a small container pond. As you can imagine it quickly got invaded by mosquito larvae. By the time I realized I was getting raided by mosquitos each night, much more than previous years. After getting hold of the bacteria (not sure if it's completely allowed here, only Amazon would sell it to me) mosquito…

Post by swiftcoder » Wed, Jul 30, 2025, 3:31 PM UTC

VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #86

JohnFen wrote: post #81

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> I've gotten nothing but benefits from living in neighborhoods with HOAs. I'm happy somebody has. Except for you, I have never heard anything but nightmares from the people I know who suffer under HOAs.

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.