How’s your mosquito situation? Is it possible I solved it??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our neighbors a few houses down get the mosquito spray service. It wipes out everything in our yard including bees, butterflies, fireflies. They are so ignorant and selfish. But we have few mosquitos.

Bull shit, we have a service and have bees and fireflies everywhere.

Rubbish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our neighbors a few houses down get the mosquito spray service. It wipes out everything in our yard including bees, butterflies, fireflies. They are so ignorant and selfish. But we have few mosquitos.

Bull shit, we have a service and have bees and fireflies everywhere.

LOL, Mosquito Joe found this thread.

[Anonymous]

In Bethesda. Tons of mosquitoes in my yard, sadly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Bethesda. Tons of mosquitoes in my yard, sadly.

Try the BT! Get some Mosquito Dunks and/ or granules. Fill a few buckets or old pots with water. Throw in a handful of weeds-- as they break down they'll produce CO2. Throw in a half a dunk or a tablespoon of granules. The mosquitos will be drawn in by the CO2 and lay their eggs in the water. The BT bacteria will prevent the eggs from hatching and interrupt the cycle.

I'd do one bucket every 12-15 feet or so. It won't eliminate them entirely, but there should be a huge reduction after a few weeks. Refresh the buckets every 2-3 weeks. Try to get your neighbors to do it too. More BT buckets, fewer mosquitos hatching. And they have short lifespans so when they die off, they won't be replaced.

Look around for any standing water-- sump pumps, poorly-draining gutters, low shady spots, etc-- and scatter the granules there too. Do it everywhere. As you walk around the neighborhood, in the park, anywhere you see water that stands for more than 24 hours. Just not in natural habitats like ponds and streams. If there are fish or amphibians living there, they will eat the larvae.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Bethesda. Tons of mosquitoes in my yard, sadly.

Try the BT! Get some Mosquito Dunks and/ or granules. Fill a few buckets or old pots with water. Throw in a handful of weeds-- as they break down they'll produce CO2. Throw in a half a dunk or a tablespoon of granules. The mosquitos will be drawn in by the CO2 and lay their eggs in the water. The BT bacteria will prevent the eggs from hatching and interrupt the cycle.

I'd do one bucket every 12-15 feet or so. It won't eliminate them entirely, but there should be a huge reduction after a few weeks. Refresh the buckets every 2-3 weeks. Try to get your neighbors to do it too. More BT buckets, fewer mosquitos hatching. And they have short lifespans so when they die off, they won't be replaced.

Look around for any standing water-- sump pumps, poorly-draining gutters, low shady spots, etc-- and scatter the granules there too. Do it everywhere. As you walk around the neighborhood, in the park, anywhere you see water that stands for more than 24 hours. Just not in natural habitats like ponds and streams. If there are fish or amphibians living there, they will eat the larvae.

PP and I’m going to try it! Unfortunately the small back yard is very shady, like even traditional shade plants other than ferns and Hosta struggle under the trees shady, but maybe if I sprinkle the granules all around the perimeter and everywhere it seems wetter than other spots, it will help. I’ll try a dunk bucket too.