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Old 04-25-2005, 08:18 PM   #4
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Thumbs up eliminating stagnent water

is the most important task to reduce them...
especially inside old automobile tires..........
if thats not possible....you can use garlic oil
to kill the larva...as it floats on the surface...
i remember reading (and this is real strange)
about the mustard plant and how it's seeds actually
attach themselves to the mosquito larva and eat them

bat boxes are simply bird houses with no bottom
attached to the north side of the tree for coolness
as high as possible...
and inside is some wire mesh for them to cling to
as they hang upside down....bats will eat their own weight
in bugs each night....swallows do it by day and will live in
those comunity bird houses...

one thing mosquitos cannot deal with very well is wind
so if your backyard has little or NO airflow "YOU LOOSE"
so by trimming your trees back to either dry things up
or to maximize airflow which will provide flight paths for bats and birds
you work with nature....the zapper is the last resort...\

but here's a link to gadgets you wear on your body
that emits a high frequency signal to keep them off you
theres table models and skeeter juice too
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/masterga...o-control.html

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