Battle of Mosquito Hill

[WildBill]

When I lived in League City we could not use our pool at night. There was a utility easement in back and the skeeters were horrible.

I bought one of these: http://www.mosquitomagnet.com

They work. Best thing I ever bought. After a few weeks the life cycle of the bugs is broken and you are then trouble free.

Which model did you buy?

[anygunanywhere]

When I lived in League City we could not use our pool at night. There was a utility easement in back and the skeeters were horrible.

I bought one of these: http://www.mosquitomagnet.com

They work. Best thing I ever bought. After a few weeks the life cycle of the bugs is broken and you are then trouble free.

Which model did you buy?

Patriot. Back yard had a 8 foot privacy fence so the small Patriot worked fine. The back yard was of average size.

Mine lasted 7 years before it wore out. I think I paid $299 for mine. Pretty cheap considering how well it worked. It does go through quite a bit of propane.

They had two attractants. I can't remember which one worked best. Their site should advise you on what you need for whichever type of bugs you want to control.

I do remember having to dump the small net daily. It would fill up overnight.

[WildBill]

Patriot. Back yard had a 8 foot privacy fence so the small Patriot worked fine. The back yard was of average size.

I do remember having to dump the small net daily. It would fill up overnight.

Thanks, I will check it out.

[sjfcontrol]

They use propane? What, do they toast the little buggers?

[anygunanywhere]

They use propane? What, do they toast the little buggers?

Mosquitos are attracted to CO2 in our breath that we exhale.

Propane is C3H8. Three carbon molecules. Burning propane produces a lot of CO2. The attractant and CO2 brings in a lot of mosquitos. The unit has a fan that sucks the little demons into the unit and into a trap where they all die. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Sorry. Lost control there for a minute.

[sjfcontrol]

They use propane? What, do they toast the little buggers?

Mosquitos are attracted to CO2 in our breath that we exhale.

Propane is C3H8. Three carbon molecules. Burning propane produces a lot of CO2. The attractant and CO2 brings in a lot of mosquitos. The unit has a fan that sucks the little demons into the unit and into a trap where they all die. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Sorry. Lost control there for a minute.

Soooo, basically whenever you BBQ, you're ringing the dinner bell for every mosquito in a 10-block radius?

[Jumping Frog]

How long does one propane tank last with that mosquito magnet?

[anygunanywhere]

How long does one propane tank last with that mosquito magnet?

To be honest I don't remember.

Once it has operated for a week or two there are no more mosquitos. As I said earlier it interrupts the life cycle. It only attracted the females that bite. The females need blood to breed and lay eggs. Once all the females are gone there are only males, and they are very lonely. Once the life cycle is broken you don't have to run it all the time, at least I didn't.

[sjfcontrol]

How long does one propane tank last with that mosquito magnet?

To be honest I don't remember.

Once it has operated for a week or two there are no more mosquitos. As I said earlier it interrupts the life cycle. It only attracted the females that bite. The females need blood to breed and lay eggs. Once all the females are gone there are only males, and they are very lonely. Once the life cycle is broken you don't have to run it all the time, at least I didn't.

Awe, now you're making feel sorry for tho poor lonely male mosquitoes.

[treadlightly]

I emptied the jug of the drowned carcasses of the miscreants while swatting at the attackers

Even if illegal, this is one of those situations where swatting is probably justified. Why Noah included a pair of mosquitos when he had the chance to leave 'em stranded at the gangplank is a mystery beyond the ken of poor humankind.

[SewTexas]

Shoot, you really need to consider writing for children. That was some good storytelling there.

[ShootDontTalk]

I need to make one of those water/sugar/yeast/plastic bottle traps one can find on Youtube and see how well that works.

Trust me my friend...it doesn't. I have one on the back porch. You're welcome to it.

I do like the notion of nay-skeeter-palm. Burn the little rascals out!

My latest plan.....

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I love it when a plan comes together.

I HATE CHIGGERS TOO. Try getting tap water as hot as you can stand, wet a small area of a wash rag and press it over the bite area. I have no idea what it does, but it helps.

[WildBill]

I was doing some research on the Mosquito Magnet and found the instruction manual for the Patriot model that anygun bought.

http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/resource/ ... ctions.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It says that for best results you need to run it 24/7 for until the cycle is broken. The tank lasts for 21 days according to the manual.

It makes sense, but the trap also needs electricity, I believe to run the fan that sucks in the insects.

They recommend that the power cord be buried underground.

Also, the CO2 doesn't due all of the work.

They have something called Lurex that is an attractant. This is recommended for Texas.

This canister is changed everytime the Propane Tank is changed.

https://www.maritimemosquito.com/how/at ... -27-04.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

According to the MSDS the attractant is Latic Acid!

Maybe AndyC can add some to his Dr. Pepper bottle.

Probably all you need to know. I got an education today.