I kill 2-4. Fuckers get in whenever I open the windows at night
All of them. They absorb my depression and then kill themselves
You should install some screens.
I have zappers indoors and outdoors, and it sounds like a rave
It is my understanding that the light used on mosquitos don’t attract them. For zappers to work on mosquitos, they usually make use of a refillable odor to attract them enough to zzzzzapp! 💨🦟⚡😈
Where do you live? Is it a land that doesn’t do screens? In Florida, of you don’t have screens the wildlife just comes inside.
I kill 2 or 3 in the time that I’m outside. It would be more but the sun is trying to kill us right now so I stay inside with air conditioning.
Screens are rare and the house is rented. Mosquitos and the occasional moth are the only wildlife that come in through the window
You can get nets for your windows that are temporary. No need to add an extra screen door or something. Well worth the money (not much).
the wildlife
Now Im imagining owls, bats, bears, alligators all getting stuck on a screen
Oh god, the pictures in my head, LMAO.
“Ma! There’s a danged ole black bear stuck to the back porch screen!”
“Well poke it loose with the broom!”
You sleep late thinking the sun is low. Nope. Gator spread eagle on your bedroom window.
“God. Damnit. Not again”
Wife rolls over in bed,
“Stop bitching and go get the gator spray.”
“We used it all!”
“Then why didn’t you buy more?!”
“I put it on our shopping list. You forgot last time you went to Winn Dixie.”
Lizards. Lizards everywhere.
Unpopular opinion time, but hardly any. They leave me alone for the most part since I got old and all the bugs are gone and I just live and let live unless they’re also around a less… oddly benevolent and susceptible… family member.
As counterpoint, I grew up as an outdoorsy person in northern BC, I know skeeters and have probably killed more than many downvoters could imagine except Manitobans.
Depending on the day, anywhere from 1 or 2 to several dozen
A female adult mosquito can live for a month or two, laying eggs every two to three days, between 100 and 300 eggs each time.
Also, they travel several kilometres for food - blood, so, I’m going out on a limb, but you might need to scale up your efforts if you’re attempting to reduce the local population.
There weren’t so many around when I lived just a couple kilometers away and I dont live near water neither.
Also 100 - 300 sounds terrifying, glad their numbers are more or less stable through summer
They generally don’t breed in large bodies of water where the water is flowing. They moatly breed in the little stagnant pools of water that collect in other spots because of poor drainage or things like tires, empty pots, and other trash being left out in the rain. There exist these little pellets that poison those stagnant puddles for the mosquito, but not your pets. That and proper drainage around your house will do wonders to reduce the excess population. Pointing a fan to blow out at any open window can help too, but proper screens (with a fine enough mesh) would help more. Mosquitoes don’t like a stiff breeze.
Not enough.
Mosquitoes went down when daddy long legs set up shop all over my patio. We have a symbiotic relationship now.
Not too keen on the black widows, though…
For what it’s worth, black widows aren’t nearly as dangerous as their reputation would suggest.
I have a net on my bedroom window, so barely any.
Hardly any, but I just use central AC so my windows are pretty much never opened
I work in pest control so thousands.
If you want to use what pros use look into the in2care mosquito bucket system. It works fantastic and it’s what most companies use.
I tried looking this up to buy for myself but you technically need a license to purchase the bucket and refills. Unless you know of a place I can buy one without that, you’ll just end up paying an exorbitant markup for essentially a set it and forget it product
- No standing water around our place so nowhere for them to breed.
Mosquitos can breed in a bottle cap full of rain water, there’s almost certainly enough somewhere
No standing water around my place, either, but they come from somewhere anyway. The neighbors, perhaps.
Muchas mosquitoes amigou…
Like 20 per day.
I can’t actually remember the last time I even saw a mosquito.
Where do you live? Can I move there? 😭
They exist here. I just live inner city and never see them.
As someone who spent virtually the entirety of his life in a inner city in the North East, of North America we have lots of mosquitoes here. Which parts of the world do you come from? Some place with a good mosquito control department I assume?
I can’t really explain it. I was as surprised as anyone when I realized I can’t remember the last time I saw a mosquito.
It’s Calgary, Canada. The climate is fairly arid, but there are definitely mosquitos in the area. I just haven’t seen one in a long time, despite being outside for at least a couple of hours every day.
I suspect if I walked along the river more I’d see some though.
Lucky you!