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One of the most important questions in history

TheRoarOfTheCrowdTheRoarOfTheCrowd Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,730 Founders Club
I’m counting on you all to give me the perfect solution… I now live in a wooded paradise but need the Solution for bugs and flies… I’ve said this before but in this case price is no object; this is like offering 10,000 for escort service, hoping for a perfect outcome

So there are various combo solutions I have read about… coquettish solar panelled mini killer romance lights paired with Electrical chair delight pageantry

I’m guessing at least 16 of you folks have this dialed so that I can rely on your incredible solution and send you that Elite champagne in celebration of your advanced metrics analysis solution.

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  • TheRoarOfTheCrowdTheRoarOfTheCrowd Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,730 Founders Club
  • 1to392831weretaken1to392831weretaken Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,628 Swaye's Wigwam
    Don't we have a mod here who works for Orkin?
  • TheRoarOfTheCrowdTheRoarOfTheCrowd Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,730 Founders Club
    edited May 2022
    hhahaha.. forgot about that... but even so, there are a lot of trick people in here that know the TRUTH about this solution... so let's hear it.
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,415 Founders Club
    We have pretty bad mosquitos here in white wakanda from June to September. I just run a few citronella tiki torches but they only seem to work ok. I’m sure there are better solutions but I’m not dialed in to what those are.
  • BleachedAnusDawgBleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 11,533
    Cut down all the trees and eliminate stagnant water.
  • TheRoarOfTheCrowdTheRoarOfTheCrowd Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,730 Founders Club

    Cut down all the trees and eliminate stagnant water.

    That is just like saying stay away from dangerously beautiful women... i don't think i'm listening to that...
  • DerekJohnsonDerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 63,494 Founders Club
    Wish I had a solution but I don't beyond what Yella said
  • CFetters_Nacho_LoverCFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,350 Founders Club

    We have pretty bad mosquitos here in white wakanda from June to September. I just run a few citronella tiki torches but they only seem to work ok. I’m sure there are better solutions but I’m not dialed in to what those are.

    I have no trees but my yard is surrounded by them so I have no control over them. I have field turf and 2 dogs so there’s almost always a turd pile attracting flies.

    Mrs Nacho makes some mix of lemon water or oil and some other stuff that she keeps in a large spray bottle. She sprays that during the summer every 1-2 weeks and it helps keep the yard smelling nice and reduces flies.

    There are some plants or flowers that’ll keep mosquitoes and flies away. If you have any large standing water other than the pool, get mosquito bricks to kill the mosquitoes in there.

    And finally, the citronella helps. I had torches lining my yard but they were a complete pain in my ass. I eventually bought jars that look like oversized candles. Easier to refill and change the wicks and portable.
  • CFetters_Nacho_LoverCFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,350 Founders Club
    And I’ve never done this but you can try a bat box. Bats eat all kinds of insects and the bay box supposedly keeps them close to your property.
  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,424
    edited May 2022
    We go heavy citronella, and a couple of years ago got a Black and Decker zapper, hung next to the door to our deck, that has worked (disgustingly) well in keeping them out of the house…

    EDIT: I hear the mosquito bricks work well with pool situations, from a friend who has a pool…
  • BleachedAnusDawgBleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 11,533

    Cut down all the trees and eliminate stagnant water.

    That is just like saying stay away from dangerously beautiful women... i don't think i'm listening to that...
    In all seriousness, I hate trees because they block out the sun and it's already grey and gloomy too much in the PNW, so don't listen to me on this one. I have seen citronella plants that you can buy from any nursery and they're supposed to help quite a bit.
  • TheRoarOfTheCrowdTheRoarOfTheCrowd Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,730 Founders Club
    ok so I have been doing research on this and it turns out that the bugs are attracted to the motion signature of people and animals exhaling CO2... so the maximum killing approach is apparently to get a machine which exhales CO2, emits UV and infrared light heat signatures, and which is scented in the ways they like best....

    Besides using a beautifully scented woman as bait, there are machines out there that are setup to do that that can be combined with scented plugins to mimic what they like.
  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 44,168 Standard Supporter
    Screened in porch.

    Otherwise, you fucked.

  • GrundleStiltzkinGrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,499 Standard Supporter
    Not much to add, but I know a guym that has the big sized bug zapper. He got that one from a dairy farm that went under, but I'm sure livestock/co-ops sell them. It's big and bright. The amount out bug carnage coming out of that tray is triumphantly revolting. Combine with that with an attractant of some kind.
  • dfleadflea Member Posts: 7,233

    Screened in porch.

    Otherwise, you fucked.

    No lies detected.

    You can do all kinds of other things, but they aren't that effective. Unless you bust out the DEET - which nobody is crazy about unless you're in the woods and the mosquitoes are eating your ass alive. At my granny's house in Illinois, if you weren't in the screened-in porch, your ass was getting bit by a swarm of mosquitoes.

    The bug zappers that emit CO2 work, and work pretty well, but seem like a lot of cost and effort. And bug zappers kill every flying thing that buzzes around, and really only the fucking mosquitoes are the enemy - and horse flies, but we don't have them around these parts. We have a bunch of citronella candles and torches and shit around the patio - but they're only marginally effective. Normally by mid July, it's dry enough outside that most of the mosquitoes have fucked off and died.

    Get the electric tennis racket or salt shotgun to deal with flying creatures that have made their way inside. Anything inside and flying is a clear enemy and must be dealt with in a severe manner.

  • booker14booker14 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 173 Swaye's Wigwam
    When necessary you might try insect repellent with Picaridin rather than DEET. It's just as effective, smells better, isn't as toxic and doesn't melt nylon and plastic like DEET does. I used the lotion version a lot last summer and it worked well for me. Gets good reviews at REI.
  • greenbloodgreenblood Member Posts: 14,418
    Try planting lemon grass around the exterior of the house
  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 105,803 Founders Club
    Move to the desert
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,415 Founders Club

    Move to the desert

    I did. There’s still lots of mosquitoes
  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 44,168 Standard Supporter

    Move to the desert

    I remember my Gila monster phase.

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