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OT - Mosquito Control

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  • OhioEgger
    OhioEgger Posts: 943
    I've read (haven't tried it) that placing a chunk of Limburger cheese nearby will attract them away from you, since mosquitos seem to be more attracted to it than to people.
    Cincinnati, Ohio. Large BGE since 2011. Still learning.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,171
    I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • milesvdustin
    milesvdustin Posts: 2,882
    I spray permethrin on my clothes, sometimes some Off. Dont want to kill bees by spraying the whole yard 

    2 LBGE, Blackstone 36, Jumbo Joe

    Egging in Southern Illinois (Marion)

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,877
    I'll quit spraying the yard when the skeeters become as friendly and helpful as the others :smiley:


    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    I keep a big citronella can near the grill. Light both at the same time. I even move the candle to the ground. I can be standing in the smoke from the candle and I still get attacked.

    Thermacell works good for me when I am hunting. 

    This guy catches a LOT of mosquitoes. 
    https://youtu.be/6BhV-o77RqQ
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,075
    Another option is using a fan in the area.

    The force of the air is greater than the mightiest and most determined of the mosquitos.

    It at least can save you on your patio or deck.

    Living in the Ohio River Valley....you try everything.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 9,972
    Toxarch said:
    I keep a big citronella can near the grill. Light both at the same time. I even move the candle to the ground. I can be standing in the smoke from the candle and I still get attacked.

    Thermacell works good for me when I am hunting. 

    This guy catches a LOT of mosquitoes. 
    https://youtu.be/6BhV-o77RqQ
    That’s a really neat setup in the YouTube video. I figure I could run it overnight, but would want to shut it during the day, when I want more quiet in my yard (which would also be appreciated by the neighbours, I’m sure!). The sound is the only downside I see to this option.
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Wow.  I have one of those fans so will have to give this a shot.

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 9,972
    GATraveller said:
    Wow.  I have one of those fans so will have to give this a shot.
    If you do, please report back. I’d be curious. 
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    GrateEggspectations said:
    GATraveller said:
    Wow.  I have one of those fans so will have to give this a shot.
    If you do, please report back. I’d be curious. 
    Will do.

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Forget about the mosquitos, I'm thinking I might pave my entire yard...

    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,173
    HeavyG said:
    Forget about the mosquitos, I'm thinking I might pave my entire yard...

    I like that idea.  Here’s me mowing my backyard earlier this month.


    Flint, Michigan
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  • westernbbq
    westernbbq Posts: 2,490
    All kidding aside theres a place in CA called Garlic Research Labs

    Try their non toxic to people and pets product.  Their stuff works really well

    Cedar spray is effective as well

    AcE sells an orange peel extract that is effective at insect killing and control.



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