idea for mosquito trap

That sounds like a good way to catch them, but gluing them all together into the shape of a house is going to be tough. Good luck, though.

-Tom

I know that CO2, carbon dioxide, attracts them. That is we breath out and hence they come to us. However I do notice that they like my wife a lot more than me. Would the noise and vibrations from such a big fan scare them away?

Lane

Ever heard of a Mosquito Magnet? Burns propane to generate warm CO2 as an attractant.

Ron Thompson On the Beautiful Florida Space Coast, right beside the Kennedy Space Center, USA

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

--Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

Wow...Mine too. Really, we both go outside at the same time...she'll get like 10x more bites than me. Must have something to do with the soap/shampoo or something...

Todd

After finding one with its wings stuck to a TV screen I've wondered what a static generator would do to them. I'd give it a try but, that was the only mosquito that I've seen in years. There's got to be some gizmo that will get them.

I remember as a kid trying to get that one mosquito buzzing around the room when trying to go to sleep. Turn the light on and it would land so fast I couldn't spot it. Turn the light off till it buzzes and turn it back on over and over till its lights are turned off. It was that or sleep with the blanket over your head or wake up with red bumps on your face. If I lived in a place like that again it would be an ongoing quest to find something that would work.

Supposing it worked, how would it discriminate between mosquitoes and other flying critters? Or, are all of them pests? (G)

Jim

This is like trying to clean the air around your house of dust by running a vacuum cleaner on the front porch. Even if you have a perfect filter, the intake volume is just replaced by unfiltered air in an open system.

I've read that the UV light doesn't work for mosquitoes

Lane.

Just FYI, I found this while briefly looking for mosquito info. This page has test results that say their product is 3x better than the Mosquito Magnet.

Lane

UV attracts insects that fly by moonlight - some of them eat mosquitos. It does not attract mosquitos though - why would you want to kill the good insects that are helping you out?

I had to read that a few times :-)

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The Mother Earth News ran an article a long time back called "Dick's Bug Machine" or something like that. It used a light bulb over an automotive heater blower to suck flying critters in and used pantyhose for a net. They fed the bugs to the chickens. I tried it and got fantastic eggs! Emptying it every morning was a pain. I eventually modified it to blow the bugs down into the chicken's watering pan. The catch rate dropped some, but was still enough to get good eggs. I never noticed a drop in bugs, though. There seems to be an inexhaustible supply.

Ron Thompson On the Beautiful Florida Space Coast, right beside the Kennedy Space Center, USA

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

--Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

Invest in dragonfly larvae. They (voraciously) eat the mosquito larvae in the water, the dragonflies eat them on the wing. Encourage bats. Just about when the dragonflies pack it in for the day, the bats come out.

Steve Smith Forest and bogs, Ma>I am building a house in the forest with millions of mosquitoes. I was

Trying to control mosquitoes by catching them is like trying to bail the water out of the ocean. The same goes for squirrels.

Hey Habbi,

Well, tornadoes around here don't seem to put much of a dent in the mosquito population. But here is a little "tip" somebody sent me just the other day. Haven't had a chance to try it myself yet............

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Put some water in a white dinner plate and add a couple drops of "Lemon Fresh Joy" dish detergent. Set the dish on your porch, patio, or other outdoor area. Not sure what attracts them, the lemon smell, the white plate color, or what, but mosquitoes flock to it, and drop dead shortly after drinking the Lemon Fresh Joy/water mixture, and usually within about 10 feet of the plate. Check this out---it works just super! May seem trivial, but it may help control mosquitoes around your home, especially in the South and elsewhere where the West Nile virus is reaching epidemic proportions in mosquitoes, birds, and humans. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Have you tried "fogging"? Or you could just build in the winter, of course.

Take care.

Brian Laws>I am building a house in the forest with millions of mosquitoes. I was