On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:15:20 -0400, Mark wrote:

On 6 Apr 2005 02:57:15 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Tue 05 Apr 2005 05:25:54p, Steve Manes wrote in alt.home.repair:

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


Try this or similar units...

http://www.comfortchannel.com/prod.itml/icOid/2953


Those are the biggest gimmick's going!

I know quite a few people who dumped the $250+ (for the larger model) and
ended up with larger propane bills and no difference in mosquitoes.


Yes, these machines are lots of money, so I did more research, and
found I personally didn't like the colemans. Felt it was like a high
priced flypaper. I went with the mosquito magnet, I'm very happy. We
were able to retake our yard without spraying pesticides, or
repelleants.

later,

tom