Mosquitoe's

[swdunn0926]

Ok I have found a the answer to my problem. Every time I went to my chicken coop I would be eaten alive by biting flies and mosquitoe's. I would be scratching for hours. Well here it is and I tried it out and it works like a charm.

Take an empty bottle put 5 or 6 fabric sheets into it and fill with water, let set for a day and then spray yourself before going out to do yard work or chicken visiting, not only does it work you smell purty!!!

 

[LaSombra]

good tip! Thanks

will have to try it

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[redhen]

Thanks!

 

[Eggs4Sale]

My hag sister says to spray liberally with a lavender oil/ water mixture. Has this ever worked for anyone? I tend not to believe anything she says.

 

[MandyH]

I've always heard to tuck a fabric softener sheet in you pants pocket to ward off the mosquitos, just never tried it.

 

[SunnyChic]

I live in Florida - mosquito heaven - I'm gonna try this - thanks for the tip!

 

[socks]

o.k. just a thought but before you guys slather fabric softener goo on yourselves you might want to google it. There seems to be a lot of information out there suggesting it is quite toxic. I first heard of people using them to keep mice away and this is when others started saying why (i.e. mice aren't dumb).

I've used citronella oil to keep mosquitoes away in Thailand where there were a lot. I think it would work better than lavender.

 

[treeclimber233]

I used to have a mosquito problem until I started putting buckets of water around for the mosquitoes to lay their egg in. Once they started hatching I put a fish (or two or three) in the bucket to eat the baby mosquitoes. I know this is against everything everyone has heard because it is recommended that you dump all the standing water so they cant breed but mosquitoes will always find a small bit of water to breed. Interestingly if they cant find water they will still lay eggs in damp areas that can lay dormant for a long time waiting for rain. When it rains enough to form puddles where the eggs are - viola instant mosquito larva. My theory is -- Give them a place to lay eggs (bucket of water) so they don't lay on ground or water you cant put fish in. If the babies cant grow up to adult stage you will eventually run out of adults to breed. May take a while to make a dent in a heavy population that is already established but if you start early in the spring you will be suprised how well it works. Also in spring when it rains a lot putting mosquitoe dunks in puddles will keep the larva from developing into adults until the water dries up. When I first moved here there were so many mosquitoes you could here them buzz when you went ouside. And I am not talking about buzzing around your ear. I could not go out at night and I was worried my animals would be anemic if I did not do something.