On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 20:25:54 -0400, Steve Manes
wrote:

Last summer, my backyard was a mosquito rock concert. From July
through late September it was almost impossible to use my yard, late
day or night.

There's no standing water. I'm told that it's because of all my
tomato plants, which attract male mosquitos, which attract the biting
females. Whatever, I'm growing even more tomatoes this year and I'd
like to be able to go outside without being an insect feast and also
without dousing myself in Deet.

I'm looking for something to kill the little buggers. I'm told that
conventional bug zappers don't work well with mosquitos. Some
neighbors have built bat houses but I'm also told that mosquitos
aren't a favorite dish for bats either.

Any reasonable ideas?

Steve Manes
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.magpie.com/house/bbs


Being still a new home owner, I can still remember each summer.

1st summer, very dry, and the local creek had very many stagnet pools
of water. My son, then under 1 yearold was like veal to these blood
suckers. He was immediatly pounced on, spray my yard no luck. Oh we
have hundreds of bats from a local cave, still tough hanging outside.

2nd summer, lots of rain. The fast moving water lowered the
mosquitos, but then we had 'black flies' Larger, and more agresseive
than the mosquitos. It sucked. Bats were fat, bugs sucked use dry,
and sprays did nothing.

3rd summer, rain off and on. Got a Mosquito Magnet. Life was good.
A neighbor commented one night how there must have been a weird
summer, she didn't remember one mosquito bite all summer, and she was
able to work in her garden again(lots of tomatoe plants). So, the
contraption worked for my yard, as well as my neighbors.

This summer, gunna clean it up, give it a fresh tank, and let the
machine do the work.

I have to say, imho, I recommend getting a mosquito magnet. I got the
defende modelr, since my hard is under 1/4 acre.

hth,

tom @ www.ChopURL.com