How much do you pay for mosquito control?

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mosquitoes are the number one killer in the world. More than heart disease. More than HIV.[/quote]

In the U.S.? No.[/quote]

Right, we don't have malaria here! Even the mosquito-borne illnesses that are possible in the DMV are thankfully uncommon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First, it doesn’t work.

Second, you risk killing bees and other pollinators.

Third, despite their denials, it’s toxic to many birds.

Finally, spraying toxic chemicals all over your trees is a really d1ck move.

+1000000
You summed it up nicely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$0. I don't want to kill off beneficial insects.

Yep. When I sit outside I put a fan outside. After about 5 minutes bugs are gone

What if you garden and move around or your kids want to run around in the yard? Do you have a fan follow you around?

My kids get bitten on their eye lids and it's pretty awful.

[Anonymous]

$20. I buy a bunch of mosquito dunks, fill a bucket and a shallow dish with water, put the dunks in and encourage mosquitos to kill their own larvae.

We also use fans on our deck.

[Anonymous]

You can buy the same paralytic insecticide all the vendors use. I got it off amazon along with a 10 gallon sprayer. Total cost of $80 and its good for 4 acres.

I live in low lying Alexandria where the mosquitos really are insane. Like, you simply could be outside without getting destroyed. Now, I use the pesticide and they are gone. All of them. It's like a miracle.

I couldn't care less what it does to the bees and butterflies. I'm on this earth for my life, not theirs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can buy the same paralytic insecticide all the vendors use. I got it off amazon along with a 10 gallon sprayer. Total cost of $80 and its good for 4 acres.

I live in low lying Alexandria where the mosquitos really are insane. Like, you simply could be outside without getting destroyed. Now, I use the pesticide and they are gone. All of them. It's like a miracle.

I couldn't care less what it does to the bees and butterflies. I'm on this earth for my life, not theirs.

If you are on this earth for your own life, then it's rather unfortunate that you've been spraying and breathing in the poison that you purchased off Amazon. God knows what you have done to yourself as you sprayed your 4 acres.

Oh - and if you want to survive on earth, you may want to keep the pollinators around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$20. I buy a bunch of mosquito dunks, fill a bucket and a shallow dish with water, put the dunks in and encourage mosquitos to kill their own larvae.

We also use fans on our deck.

This. I don’t put poison in my yard.
I want to be friendly to all of the pollinators. Mosquito control also kills the bees. I have found that fans work for keeping bugs away when eating out on my patio. It also moves the air so it’s not so hot in the summer as well. Win win.

[Anonymous]

We spray. Have to. Pisses off my hippie neighbors but oh well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can buy the same paralytic insecticide all the vendors use. I got it off amazon along with a 10 gallon sprayer. Total cost of $80 and its good for 4 acres.

I live in low lying Alexandria where the mosquitos really are insane. Like, you simply could be outside without getting destroyed. Now, I use the pesticide and they are gone. All of them. It's like a miracle.

I couldn't care less what it does to the bees and butterflies. I'm on this earth for my life, not theirs.

If you are on this earth for your own life, then it's rather unfortunate that you've been spraying and breathing in the poison that you purchased off Amazon. God knows what you have done to yourself as you sprayed your 4 acres.

Oh - and if you want to survive on earth, you may want to keep the pollinators around.

Nah, I'm good. The bugs? Not so much.

OK, let's go for selfish reasons. Pesticides are only temporarily effective. Longer-term, using pesticides on mosquitoes helps develop pesticide-resistant mosquitoes. By spraying your property, you're contributing to the development of super mosquitoes that won't be killed off by current pesticides. It's exactly like antibiotic resistance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can buy the same paralytic insecticide all the vendors use. I got it off amazon along with a 10 gallon sprayer. Total cost of $80 and its good for 4 acres.

I live in low lying Alexandria where the mosquitos really are insane. Like, you simply could be outside without getting destroyed. Now, I use the pesticide and they are gone. All of them. It's like a miracle.

I couldn't care less what it does to the bees and butterflies. I'm on this earth for my life, not theirs.

If you are on this earth for your own life, then it's rather unfortunate that you've been spraying and breathing in the poison that you purchased off Amazon. God knows what you have done to yourself as you sprayed your 4 acres.

Oh - and if you want to survive on earth, you may want to keep the pollinators around.

Nah, I'm good. The bugs? Not so much.

OK, let's go for selfish reasons. Pesticides are only temporarily effective. Longer-term, using pesticides on mosquitoes helps develop pesticide-resistant mosquitoes. By spraying your property, you're contributing to the development of super mosquitoes that won't be killed off by current pesticides. It's exactly like antibiotic resistance.

No. It's even remotely, 'like.'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can buy the same paralytic insecticide all the vendors use. I got it off amazon along with a 10 gallon sprayer. Total cost of $80 and its good for 4 acres.

I live in low lying Alexandria where the mosquitos really are insane. Like, you simply could be outside without getting destroyed. Now, I use the pesticide and they are gone. All of them. It's like a miracle.

I couldn't care less what it does to the bees and butterflies. I'm on this earth for my life, not theirs.

If you are on this earth for your own life, then it's rather unfortunate that you've been spraying and breathing in the poison that you purchased off Amazon. God knows what you have done to yourself as you sprayed your 4 acres.

Oh - and if you want to survive on earth, you may want to keep the pollinators around.

Nah, I'm good. The bugs? Not so much.

OK, let's go for selfish reasons. Pesticides are only temporarily effective. Longer-term, using pesticides on mosquitoes helps develop pesticide-resistant mosquitoes. By spraying your property, you're contributing to the development of super mosquitoes that won't be killed off by current pesticides. It's exactly like antibiotic resistance.

HRC has entered the chat...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We spray. Have to. Pisses off my hippie neighbors but oh well.

You sound nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Need some pricing for DC area 1/4 acre

We pay about $450 per season, and they come spray every few weeks. You can also ask them to come a day before you have an outdoor party for no extra money. It works really well and we back up to woods. Still have tons of bees and butterflies, it has made the yard bearable for all of us. If we are just sitting outside rather than running around, I use this Thermacell:


https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/mosquito-control-gear/

[Anonymous]

We have an industrial mosquito farm in our backyard that abutts to a perpetually damp area. The little striped tiger mosquitos don't even need standing water to bread. Damp soil will do. We pay Mosquito Squad to poison the hell out of them. It's the difference between being able to go outside and not. Worth it for us.

[Anonymous]

*breed.

And once they treat, my highly allergic self (WELTS, y'all) can go back there and do my best to work on landscaping to do our best to handle the problem naturally.