asian tiger mosquitos
10-12-2007, 07:41 PM
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asian tiger mosquitos
so bug bites drive me absolutely nuts. Lately outside of my house and sometimes inside i've been getting bit by a ridiculous amount of asian tiger mosquitos. I couldn't figure out where they were coming from until today i looked outside a window on the second floor. The neigbors divorced about 8 months ago and they never took care of the pool, now it's green like a pond. I'm positive this is where they are coming from. They are lazy and i know they aren't going to do anything about it. What can i do that is cheap, easy, and will get rid of the mosquitos? I don't care if it destroys the pool or not. It's an in ground pool so i can't exactly just pop the thing.
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10-12-2007, 07:45 PM
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It might be kind of late in the season, but they sell these tablets you can throw into a pond that kill mosquito larvae. You can get them at places like Agway, maybe Home Depot. Another week or 2 and the weather will probably take care of them. At this point, unless it gets real cold at night pretty soon you're probably SOL.
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10-12-2007, 07:52 PM
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it's in the 60-70s during the day and they're still biting. it's a pretty big pool, how much of this stuff would i have to buy and how expensive is it. I mean i don't even want to wash my car tomorrow like i planned, i'll get bit up too much.
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10-12-2007, 08:04 PM
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Not much you can do besides wait for the cold or put on lots of deet repellant. There was a story in the local news a few weeks back about these mosquitos moving into our area. I've been bit quite a few times during the day as well. Kinda sucks to have daytime mosquitos.
Or you can get some bats, IIRC one bat can eat like 100 mosquitos a night...or you can have me drive my car up around your house after the next dyno day when I blow the new engine and smoke out the whole area...
Or you can get some bats, IIRC one bat can eat like 100 mosquitos a night...or you can have me drive my car up around your house after the next dyno day when I blow the new engine and smoke out the whole area...
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10-12-2007, 11:02 PM
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Hey, why the **** do mean bugs have to be given foreign names? Like Africanized Bees and ****? lol
Also, people like me get destroyed by flesh eating insects wherever they live and I visit. Hawaii, Florida, Maryland, etc.,etc. they kill me. My solution? Live in the ******* desert.
Also, people like me get destroyed by flesh eating insects wherever they live and I visit. Hawaii, Florida, Maryland, etc.,etc. they kill me. My solution? Live in the ******* desert.
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10-13-2007, 11:23 AM
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i think the oil will work the best, and will be a more permanent solution for next spring/summer. besides, it's free and i hate the neighbor
this will be good for 3am
btw they are called asian tigers because they supposedly came to the us in old tires from china into texas and worked their way through the east coast.
this will be good for 3am btw they are called asian tigers because they supposedly came to the us in old tires from china into texas and worked their way through the east coast.
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10-14-2007, 07:38 PM
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no i'm right outside the city, i think it may be getting cold enough now but i'm sure next summer they'll be in full force again so i'll probably just dump oil in it as environmentally unfriendly as it sounds breeding mosquitos can't be much better.
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