Any advice or tricks needed for warding of mosquitos

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by marcus

use KATOL!!! ask any of ur filipino friends down there..

No sooner do I congratulate everyone on not recommending pesticides than someone does just that.

Katol contains a Pyrethroid which is toxic to fish (remember that the OP lives next to a creek) and has a possible link to autism:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethr...link_to_Autism

Many people are also sensitive to it and it exacerbates respiratory conditions. This is not something you want to bring into your home.

[marcus]

Originally Posted by BailOut

No sooner do I congratulate everyone on not recommending pesticides than someone does just that.

Katol contains a Pyrethroid which is toxic to fish (remember that the OP lives next to a creek) and has a possible link to autism:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethr...link_to_Autism

Many people are also sensitive to it and it exacerbates respiratory conditions. This is not something you want to bring into your home.

oh so sorry i didnt know...how stupid of me..

[PreciousPups4U]

I got an email (see below) just yesterday. Listerine apparently kills mosquitos. It is sure worth a try:

I was at a deck party awhile back, and the bugs were having a ball biting everyone. A man at the party sprayed the lawn and deck floor with Listerine, and the little demons disappeared.

The next year I filled a 4-ounce spray bottle and used it around my seat whenever I saw mosquitoes. And voila! That worked as well. It worked at a picnic where we sprayed the area around the food table, the children's swing area, and the standing water nearby. During the summer, I don't leave home without it.....Pass it on.

It works - in fact, it killed them instantly. I bought my bottle from Target and it cost me $1.89. It really doesn't take much, and it is a big bottle, too; so it is not as expensive to use as the can of Bug-spray you buy that doesn't last 30 minutes.

So, try this, please. It will last a couple of days. Don't spray directly on a wood door (like your front door), but spray around the frame. Spray around the window frames, and even inside the dog house.

Not sure if it works, but I plan to give it a try.

[Bob_VT]

Originally Posted by PreciousPups4U

I got an email (see below) just yesterday. Listerine apparently kills mosquitos. It is sure worth a try:

I was at a deck party awhile back, and the bugs were having a ball biting everyone. A man at the party sprayed the lawn and deck floor with Listerine, and the little demons disappeared.

The next year I filled a 4-ounce spray bottle and used it around my seat whenever I saw mosquitoes. And voila! That worked as well. It worked at a picnic where we sprayed the area around the food table, the children's swing area, and the standing water nearby. During the summer, I don't leave home without it.....Pass it on.

It works - in fact, it killed them instantly. I bought my bottle from Target and it cost me $1.89. It really doesn't take much, and it is a big bottle, too; so it is not as expensive to use as the can of Bug-spray you buy that doesn't last 30 minutes.

So, try this, please. It will last a couple of days. Don't spray directly on a wood door (like your front door), but spray around the frame. Spray around the window frames, and even inside the dog house.

Not sure if it works, but I plan to give it a try.

Oh Cindy..... http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/dishsoap.asp sorry

[PreciousPups4U]

Originally Posted by Bob_VT

Oh Cindy..... http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/dishsoap.asp sorry

Oh well, just passing along what I was told.