How many mosquitos do you kill every day?
How many mosquitos do you kill every day?
I kill 2-4. Fuckers get in whenever I open the windows at night
A female adult mosquito can live for a month or two, laying eggs every two to three days, between 100 and 300 eggs each time.
Also, they travel several kilometres for food - blood, so, I'm going out on a limb, but you might need to scale up your efforts if you're attempting to reduce the local population.
There weren't so many around when I lived just a couple kilometers away and I dont live near water neither.
Also 100 - 300 sounds terrifying, glad their numbers are more or less stable through summer
They generally don't breed in large bodies of water where the water is flowing. They moatly breed in the little stagnant pools of water that collect in other spots because of poor drainage or things like tires, empty pots, and other trash being left out in the rain. There exist these little pellets that poison those stagnant puddles for the mosquito, but not your pets. That and proper drainage around your house will do wonders to reduce the excess population. Pointing a fan to blow out at any open window can help too, but proper screens (with a fine enough mesh) would help more. Mosquitoes don't like a stiff breeze.
I have zappers indoors and outdoors, and it sounds like a rave
It is my understanding that the light used on mosquitos don't attract them. For zappers to work on mosquitos, they usually make use of a refillable odor to attract them enough to zzzzzapp! 💨🦟⚡😈
If you average it out over the year it's probably a few million per day.
(I work in mosquito control)
Sad question... In killing mosquitos, are you also killing other insects?
We don't use aerial spraying, which can cause harm to other insects.
We only use a bacteria that's put in standing water which only harms mosquitos in their larval form (or biting black flies) and is totally safe for pretty much everything else since it needs very specific biological conditions for it to become toxic, which is only found in the stomachs of mosquitos and black flies.
I can't even imagine the sheer satisfaction that comes from eradicating millions of mosquitoes per day.
Where do you live? Is it a land that doesn't do screens? In Florida, of you don't have screens the wildlife just comes inside.
I kill 2 or 3 in the time that I'm outside. It would be more but the sun is trying to kill us right now so I stay inside with air conditioning.
the wildlife
Now Im imagining owls, bats, bears, alligators all getting stuck on a screen
Oh god, the pictures in my head, LMAO.
"Ma! There's a danged ole black bear stuck to the back porch screen!"
"Well poke it loose with the broom!"
You sleep late thinking the sun is low. Nope. Gator spread eagle on your bedroom window.
"God. Damnit. Not again"
Wife rolls over in bed,
"Stop bitching and go get the gator spray."
"We used it all!"
"Then why didn't you buy more?!"
"I put it on our shopping list. You forgot last time you went to Winn Dixie."
Screens are rare and the house is rented. Mosquitos and the occasional moth are the only wildlife that come in through the window
You can get nets for your windows that are temporary. No need to add an extra screen door or something. Well worth the money (not much).
Unpopular opinion time, but hardly any. They leave me alone for the most part since I got old and all the bugs are gone and I just live and let live unless they're also around a less... oddly benevolent and susceptible... family member.
As counterpoint, I grew up as an outdoorsy person in northern BC, I know skeeters and have probably killed more than many downvoters could imagine except Manitobans.
Always struck me as odd how thick they get in cold climates. I've seen videos from Siberia where the guys in the field are wearing the mosquito version of bee keeper suits.
Meanwhile, in Florida, I have a couple of swampy acres out in the boonies and mosquitos aren't bad at all. They're worse in my front yard than out there.
You should install some screens.
Not enough.
- No standing water around our place so nowhere for them to breed.
Mosquitos can breed in a bottle cap full of rain water, there's almost certainly enough somewhere
No standing water around my place, either, but they come from somewhere anyway. The neighbors, perhaps.
I have a net on my bedroom window, so barely any.
as many as I can.
Hardly any, but I just use central AC so my windows are pretty much never opened
Depending on the day, anywhere from 1 or 2 to several dozen
I work in pest control so thousands.
If you want to use what pros use look into the in2care mosquito bucket system. It works fantastic and it's what most companies use.
I tried looking this up to buy for myself but you technically need a license to purchase the bucket and refills. Unless you know of a place I can buy one without that, you'll just end up paying an exorbitant markup for essentially a set it and forget it product
None. The bastards have been known to eat me alive, but it just seems like a fools errand, as if I'm going to make a dent in their population.
Besides I'm morally opposed to killing living beings, so the act seems rather cruel unless I'm in mortal danger.
0 as I live in arid climate. But I crush lots of ants in my kitchen daily.
All of them. They absorb my depression and the kill themselves
I bought a Thermacell device on Amazon which, shockingly enough, actually works to keep mosquitoes away. It has a pretty much instantaneous effect, too.
I have a liquid repellent but it doesn't work well. Feels like 1) by the time the mosquitos are in its range they're already inside and can't figure out how to go back out so they hide in other rooms 2) some mosquitos don't care at all and keep harassing either way
I can't recall the last time I saw a mosquito which is odd. I'm in Nova Scotia, Canada and they are usually around in the summer. We have plenty of flies, wasps, hornets, spiders so it's not too cold for the mosquitoes.
I don't remember the last time I killed one. They're not as attracted to me and I usually wear long sleeves and sometimes a deterrent spray anyways. So I guess none.
Though I might kill out of reflex, I also happen to agree with the Dalai Lama on the action if there is no threat, plus they're pollinators.
Mosquitoes went down when daddy long legs set up shop all over my patio. We have a symbiotic relationship now.
Not too keen on the black widows, though...
For what it's worth, black widows aren't nearly as dangerous as their reputation would suggest.