OT: Mosquito solutions?

leemschu

Has anyone found a good way to repel or decrease you mosquito populations in you outdoor living space? We live in west TN and it gets to where I don’t want to go outside they get so bad. Have tried thermocells without really noticing the results so just looking for other suggestions. 

DoubleEgger

My pest control company sprays for mosquitoes monthly during the season. Seems to work ok 

BugFreak72

Years back I had a client who sold misting systems and one of his systems was a bug sprayer that was installed on the fence around the yard. Depending on your yard size that could be an answer. Being that I'm in FL I just stay indoors unless I'm coated in OFF.

lkapigian

Vitaman B1 Complex. Keeps it off the body 

leemschu

BugFreak72 said:

Years back I had a client who sold misting systems and one of his systems was a bug sprayer that was installed on the fence around the yard. Depending on your yard size that could be an answer. Being that I'm in FL I just stay indoors unless I'm coated in OFF.

I have seen a yard sprinkler system like that. I just hate body spray. Especially if all I’m doing is cooking and going back in. Would love to screen in my porch but funds don’t allow for that right now

GrateEggspectations

You can move to Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California, or Nevada. These are the areas of the U.S. with the least mosquitoes. 

Wolfpack

Check out the cutter spray. Works pretty well for us- spray it 2-3 over the year. Make sure to spray bushes and low tree leaves- 

Botch

GrateEggspectations said:

You can move to Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California, or Nevada. These are the areas of the U.S. with the least mosquitoes. 

I have a body chemistry that attracts them damn things perfectly; at an outdoor party everyone else will get 1 to 2 bites, and I'll get dozens (and I've tried diets, all sprays, swallowing raw garlic, vitamins, sonics, nothing works).  Sadly, moving was the only thing that worked for me, but obviously that isn't practical for most.  
Sorry I can't help; good luck, I know how infuriating it can be.    

Mattman3969

The company I use to treat my yard also sprays for skeeters.   I have no issues. 

Sammi

Move north, way north. no mosquitos here for 6 months of the year.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

We use a company called mosquito shield.  They come and spray a couple of times a month.  Money well spent.

alaskanassasin

Eliminate any standing water in your yard that you can including gutters tires etc

abtaylor260

Old legend says eating raw garlic everyday repels them. Of course it repels people too....

mEGG_My_Day

We are west TN also, so I feel your pain.  We have terminix spray once a month during mosquito season and it works fairly well.  I’d say we get an 90% reduction.  Also use citronella candles on top of terminix.  

I have a neighbor who swears by this.  It seems to work in her back yard, but I haven’t tried it.

Eggcelsior

Nematodes. They'll eat the larve in the soil.

JohnInCarolina

Nuke it from orbit.  It’s the only way to be sure.

caliking

The skeeters here will carry away small children if you're not careful. I've used the following for mosquito control:

- Propane fogger= You have to fog weekly (sometimes twice weekly for it to be effective. Fogging is a bit of a pain - there you are, walking around in clouds of insecticide, early on a weekend morning. Meanwhile, your neighbors think your property is on fire and are about to call 911. Worked well, if you kept up with it. 

- Misting system= Nozzles spray a mist of insecticide along the perimeter of the property,  and along the eaves of the roof, twice daily. I set it up with a smart plug so i can control it over wifi. A float switch sends me a text and email when the insecticide level in the drum is low.  This has worked the best, but it has been difficult to keep the system operational. It's now 15yrs old, and may need a new motor to be up and running consistently again. It's expensive to install (previous owner's put it in), and has been somewhat pricey to maintain. 

 - All kinds of torches, candles, Thermacell, etc. that didn't work very well. 

This year, I'm going to spray Bifen around the perimeter of the house and the fenceline and see how it goes.  If it's not as effective as the misting system, I'll fix that and stick with it, as it has worked the best for me. 

Fred19Flintstone

ColtsFan

Put up a couple bat houses. For real

fishlessman

after you survive black fly season in maine, the mosquitos arent too bad i dont think the bats and tree swallows in the yard put in the slightest dent to the population. bug spray is a must near the water unless its windy

JethroVA

I'm opposed to spraying because it's not selective and kills a lot of pollinators. Try Mosquito Dunks - little cakes or pellets that you put in standing water that can't be drained like ditches.  It's bacteria that kills larvae but harmless to fish, mammals, birds and humans.  

LUPARD

Myself and most everyone in my neighborhood has a Mosquito Magnet. They work okay and are by no means a day 1 fix. The purpose of these bad boys is to wipe out a nest which could take 7 to 14 days. They also work best if you move them around from time to time because the CO2/octenol cloud only covers about 1 acre at a time (if memory serves me correct).

DoubleEgger

The construction workers building the casinos in Tunica would wear kerosene soaked rags around their ankles in the summer time. It’s brutal along the rivers. 

FanOfFanboys

could try planting some of these around property perimeter 

http://holtkamphvac.com/11-plants-herbs-that-naturally-repel-mosquitoes/

SGH

DoubleEgger said:

The construction workers building the casinos in Tunica would wear kerosene soaked rags around their ankles in the summer time. It’s brutal along the rivers. 

That’s what we do to repel red bugs (sack munchers). 

Botch

FanOfFanboys said:

could try planting some of these around property perimeter 

http://holtkamphvac.com/11-plants-herbs-that-naturally-repel-mosquitoes/

I bought a potted plant that was supposed to repel mosquitoes, it wasn't any of them (think it was just called a "mosquito plant").  First night out, I picked a few leaves and rubbed them all over one arm and left the other arm untouched.  No difference at all (it did grow nice and big, I don't have a green thumb whatsoever).  
Might try a citronella this spring, although I only get a bite or two per night, living here (and I love watching the bats as the sun goes down, so I've got them too)

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman

Botch said:

FanOfFanboys said:

could try planting some of these around property perimeter 

http://holtkamphvac.com/11-plants-herbs-that-naturally-repel-mosquitoes/

I bought a potted plant that was supposed to repel mosquitoes, it wasn't any of them (think it was just called a "mosquito plant").  First night out, I picked a few leaves and rubbed them all over one arm and left the other arm untouched.  No difference at all (it did grow nice and big, I don't have a green thumb whatsoever).  
Might try a citronella this spring, although I only get a bite or two per night, living here (and I love watching the bats as the sun goes down, so I've got them too)

i moved a mosquito plant indoors two winters ago, in a couple months it grew about 12 feet in the window scratch garlic off that list, i planted 100 cloves a couple years ago, mosquitos everywhere

Philly35

@caliking If you’re going to spray Bifenthrin, I’d spray down the whole yard. That’s how I do it anyway. I get the perimeter real good and then spray down the whole yard. It has real good residual as well. It has worked well for me. Mosquitoes live in the grass and just getting the perimeter will only kill the mosquitoes on the perimeter. You will still have a yard full of them. 

My favorite insecticide to use is Permethrin. It’s unreal on mosquitoes. Spray the yard down at sundown and you will be amazed at the amount of bugs flying out of the grass and dropping. Just don’t tell the neighbors you’re using agricultural insecticides! 

I would say the lack of insects in my yard is the best in town ha. Sometimes I even find dead birds. Worms pop up after a rain and the birds go crazy. Some don’t make it. 

littlerascal56

The City Parks Department fog the neighborhoods once a week in the summertime.  They do it at night when the mosquitos are most active.  Works well.

Philly35

littlerascal56 said:

The City Parks Department fog the neighborhoods once a week in the summertime.  They do it at night when the mosquitos are most active.  Works well.

And they use permethrin.