deadeyedick
4 years ago
As someone who came close to death last year due to these vector carrying little bastids, I am looking at options for combat. I spend about 2-3 hours each day on the patio with a cigar or two and just started seeing some this summer. AZ is not exactly a hot spot but seems to be getting worse and the monsoon months are coming soon.

Not interested in installing a screen room but I wonder how useful the electric bug zappers or other contraptions might work. I never have a problem in the pool as I think they avoid the chlorine water.

Any advise from you folks from the Midwest, South, etc?
MACS
4 years ago
Wow. Skeeters in AZ? Who'da thunk it?

I've been in the high desert for 22+ years and even by the bodies of fresh water never been got by a skeeter.

Already aware that is one thing I am going to dislike about the move.
deadeyedick
4 years ago
Yeah, like I said this is not a hot spot but Phx metro area is now over 3 million and with the influx of snow birds came their desire to make it look like home. One skeeter is too much for me.

Growing up here we were more worried about a scorpion sting than skeeters. Scottsdale was then known as "the west's most western town" but now the joke is the west's most mid-western town.
HockeyDad
4 years ago
Bug zappers are good.

A fan to move the air is good like a ceiling fan is good.

Citronella candles are so-so but cute.

Screened porch: best!



Spray on you (if you don’t mind the stink)

lemon eucalyptus sprays

DEET
clickbangdead
4 years ago
Bug zappers and citronella candles are completely useless.

DEET is always your best bet. But also, they make those Off lanterns and those work well too. I've tried some of the botanical repellents and have had some success with them, but they don't last as long.
Gene363
4 years ago
Bug Zappers are good, however, they actually attract mosquitoes so they are much more effective in your neighboor's yards, time for a friendly gift, just saying.

Coleman makes a device that is supposed to be good too, but I do not have any experience with it. Coleman 2910A100 Mosquito Deleto 1.5D System.

Here in South Carolina we have a screened porch. There is even a layer of fiberglass screen under the decking floor od the porch.
DrafterX
4 years ago
TW whacks them off... 😟
corey sellers
4 years ago
Thermacell units works good for me down here in Ga.
deadeyedick
4 years ago
I use the Deep Woods Off on my ankles but hate to cover all exposed skin with the stuff. Also have an overhead fan but prolly need to run it on a higher setting. Gonna check out the Coleman Off and Thermacell devices.
HockeyDad
4 years ago

Bug Zappers are good, however, they actually attract mosquitoes so they are much more effective in your neighboor's yards, time for a friendly gift, just saying.

Coleman makes a device that is supposed to be good too, but I do not have any experience with it. Coleman 2910A100 Mosquito Deleto 1.5D System.

Here in South Carolina we have a screened porch. There is even a layer of fiberglass screen under the decking floor od the porch.

Gene363 wrote:



In Tampa I used to smoke cigars in the evenings all the time on a non-screened in porch. Had a ceiling fan overhead and a bug zapper about 20’ away. Never had a mosquito issue. Watching the bug zapper was kinda like seeing lightning off in the distance.
Gene363
4 years ago

In Tampa I used to smoke cigars in the evenings all the time on a non-screened in porch. Had a ceiling fan overhead and a bug zapper about 20’ away. Never had a mosquito issue. Watching the bug zapper was kinda like seeing lightning off in the distance.

HockeyDad wrote:



Watching the demise of a mosquito is rather satisfying.

HockeyDad
4 years ago
Sometimes you get those really big bugs in there….it kinda like an electric chair
Speyside2
4 years ago
The mosquito deleto works. I have used them for many years. For a patio you would only need 1. They are individually good for about 1/4 of an acre. At first you may need to empty the trap daily. As you decrease the population you will need to empty the trap less often. Run it 24/7. If you garage store it you will need to clean the jet in the spring. Spider webs from small spiders. I have no idea why.
frankj1
4 years ago

Thermacell units works good for me down here in Ga.

corey sellers wrote:


yup.
I have a little lantern Thermacell that edin508 recommended a few years back.
Covers a 15 foot radius and is odorless. Works well.

Have a friend or two who use the mosquito vacuum things, run on propane to emit CO2 and when the skeeters come near they get sucked into the bag...might be what Spey was talking about. One friend on the Cape had a beautiful pool overlooking an estuary and that machine kept his quarter acre skeeter free.

In recent years I have used a monthly service that sprays the property (no fruit/veggie/flowering plants though). Start in April and end in October, the idea is preventive rather than situational. Gotta get a generation ahead of them bastids.

I keep one of those battery powered tennis racket zappers nearby though when having an evening cigar...
Stogie1020
4 years ago
I spray Bifenthrin on all verttical surfaces and the underside of all horizontal surfaces (including bushes/treesh/shrubs) monthly. Seems to help a lot.
8trackdisco
4 years ago
Misspost. See HD's commentary for detail.
HockeyDad
4 years ago

Learned performance cars don't do great in rain. A heavy touch on the pedal could put it into a spin.

My boss has accused me of driving like an old lady. Today he was moving to a home he recently purchased.

I got to drive this vehicle ...... in the rain.

https://www.lamborghini.com/en-en/models/huracan 

Was supposed to follow him home. Instead, I blew by him on the right at a higher rate of speed.

He didn't say much until he made a common of the smoke/vapor/something rose from the floor.

How's that for driving like an old lady.

8trackdisco wrote:




Where there mosquitoes in the car?
8trackdisco
4 years ago

Where there mosquitoes in the car?

HockeyDad wrote:



The roof was off, so they blew faster than Celtic Bomber @ a Menudo concert.
8trackdisco
4 years ago
My apologies.

On topic.

DEET is the best, the downside being (alleged) having subpar medical outcomes.

Citronella candles work reasonably well. If you don't mind the smell of waxy, cheap vanilla. Any breeze nullifies its impact.

Got a blue insect zapper light from Costco. Kills mosquitos. But just the dumb ones.

Couple of larger gauged cigars help.

There is another wildcard. There is a subversive banana talk going about.
One faction say bananas draw mosquitoes.
The other group swears eating two bananas before going outside ward them off.

Or, eat three, learn the real answer, and get a side order of All Regular.

Mr. Jones
4 years ago
8 track prefers the MALE HUMAN BANANNA IN FIRM FORM
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