To my knowledge there’s no stagnant water on my property, I’ve run water through all my ptraps, and I’m careful to not leave doors open. Yet at any given time there’s at least 3 in my house. I can’t sleep, i can’t sit on the couch, i can’t exist in the fear of being sucked dry.

The breaking point is when i watched my dog get bit on her head. I’m ready to do whatever it takes and then some. I will kill a man if it saves me from these demons. Any ideas?

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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      There are traps which are called mosquito magnets and they hook up to a propane tank to burn a small pilot light which produces CO2 to attract mosquitos and pull them into a bag via a fan.

      You want to place them at the edge of your property though not close to your deck because they attract mosquitos in order to kill them.

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        I have tried these. They are expensive to run as you need to burn through a tank of propane each month. They do catch some mosquitoes, but they make little overall difference.

        Still looking for a working solution.

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          Okay then go with the electric ones. I had the propane trap and while it worked well the constant propane tank refill was a drag and I certainly couldn’t afford multiple.

          Enter Dynatrap + Mods.

          Dynatrap uses an electric light and fan. It works medium but if you put the octenol attractant in the catch basket it really turbocharged it. Want to kill more? Hang a “bug ball” under the trap covered with Tanglefoot spray. Any mosquito that lands on the ball dies there because they are stuck. The ball will be thoroughly disgusting looking quickly but very effective.

          I’ve spent many years combating.

          The Bt mosquito dunks help for any standing water ( have gutters?)

          Encourage swallows, bats, frogs too.

          Good luck!

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      Because there’s a unit you can buy that burns propane to make CO2 and pull mosquittos away from you to a different area of the yard.