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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I much prefer having my yard sprayed to coating everyone with OFF.  I've made the best decision for my family and don't care whether you agree or not.  [/quote]

I can't believe you're totally comfortable increasing everyone's chances of all that OP listed just so you're comfy. So incredibly selfish.

Those who live in areas where you can, is your yard friendly to bats and birds? I'm pretty sure fogging your yard screws with their systems, which is funny considering a single bat can eat 1000 skeeters an hour. Do you have standing water on your property? And I mean any: a mosquito can lay eggs in the lid to a coke bottle. [/quote]

It doesn't matter that my property has absolutely no place for a mosquito to breed. They can fly 1-2 miles in search of a victim.  That 'bottle cap' you're talking about need only be within that range and I have mosquitos.  Given the number of sprinkler systems in a 1-2 mile radius from my house and all the possible breeding places, it's no wonder we have the problem we do.  And, our yard is friendly to bats and birds.  We have a 'certified wildlife habitat'.  We even have a bat house but as we've learned from experts, it's not easy to entice bats.  You've got a 50/50 chance of getting them into a bat house you install within the first two years.  After that, the odds decrease even more.  Bat guano also presents dangers.  But say I do have bats in addition to the birds we've got.  They don't do much for those Asian Tiger mosquitos that are biting us all day.  I grew up knowing mosquitos were active from dusk to dawn.  Now they're active 24 hrs/day.

I'm real comfortable with our decision to have the yard sprayed, real comfortable  Especially when we can play outside without the hordes attacking us.

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