Mosquito Magnet...anybody have one??

[PJT]

I have a defender model setup which I bought late last year. Although it put quite a noticeable difference in the population, nosferatu's blood thirsty henchmen managed to take a few pints out of myself and my dog. The trick is to get it setup early in the season to wipe out the starter bugs and to stop the cycle of breeding. Clearing out brush and things that hold water helps alot as well. Mosquitos need only about a drop of stagnent water to breed.

Once the ambient air is greater than 56 degrees, it's time to turn the machine on and leave it on 24/7 preferably in a shaded area. Must have killed off 1000's last year but since I was late in purchasing one, I wasn't able to get a foothold in breaking the cycle. Black flies have been a beeyach so far and not so much as the skeeters. The machine will be on starting tonite. I am doublful that it will take care of the problem but at least I can enjoy the outdoors to a certain extent.

[Slingah]

thanks for all the replys...I'll be getting one this weekend.....just hope I get the right size.....I hate skeeters

[Raven]

concerning the mosquito delivered WEST NILE VIRUS:
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Rockville, Maryland-based MacroGenics Inc., made a human-like version of the most effective antibody.

They tested it in mice bred to be susceptible to West Nile virus. It protected them from death even if they got severe cases of the disease.

"Our results are the first successful demonstration of a humanized monoclonal antibody as postexposure therapy against a viral disease and suggest that antibody-based therapeutics may have more broad utility than previously appreciated, especially in the treatment of central nervous system infection
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awesome..... i don't want my brain inflamed