Don't know. A propane mosquito trap is a possibility.

Of course, a wide hat and head net is highly effective. Common in mosquito infested areas.

My suggestion is to also add a strong fan to your outdoor deck. Blow them away--they do not fly up-wind much.

Of course--black light electric zap traps are also popular--not sure if they actually help--maybe if you have several.

Of course, fogging the outer perimeter, under the roof eves and under the deck with bifenthrin is good--you just have to avoid the flowers and bees.

 

Don't know. A propane mosquito trap is a possibility.
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My suggestion is to also add a strong fan to your outdoor deck. Blow them away--they do not fly up-wind much.

Of course--black light electric zap traps are also popular--not sure if they actually help--maybe if you have several...

Propane mosquito traps first need to attract the mosquitoes. Other than that, and their outrageous cost, and high maintenance, I guess it's not a bad idea.

The fan is a very good idea that I've had luck with in still air. I've also had good luck burning moqsuito coils to repel them when I'm outside. Instead of burning coils, there are now butane powered personal mosquito repellents. Look up Thermacell. It warms up a pad soaked in a pyrethroid to spread just enough vapor to be highly repellent to mosquitoes. They make ones you can place on a table, and others you can clip to yourself. If you don't need it to be portable, there are similar plug in versions marketed in Asia that you can find on eBay for VERY cheap.

Electric traps do attract mosquitoes. But they clog with moths, and based on the number of predatory insects that they also kill, they can actually make a mosquito problem worse. People like them for the resounding pop of the insect exploding. That pop spreads germs, which is why restaurants use fan based traps (with the same UV light source), rather than these electric traps in their kitchens.

 

I don't know if those mosquito traps work or not, but some anecdotal evidence tells me they do.

My friend has 10 acres in the woods and they have a small cabin built back from their house and a pond etc. we'd fight mosquitos all day to a degree and once the sun went down for a few hours it was unbearable without greasing up with every skin cell being covered in deet.

well last year he set up a propane mosquito trap just over a month prior to us coming out for "camping" weekend at the pond. There is mosquito breeding grounds everywhere. Besides their pond, there are multiple smaller "wild" ponds and depressions where water collects. Plus its in the middle of a natural WI woods.

I was in shorts and t-shirts the entire 3 day weekend, no spray and I think I swatted at 2-3 mosquitos the entire time. The difference was dramatic. It was Labor Day weekend so not the wettest time of the year, but last year mosquitos were still so bad at our house in town we couldn't stand to be outside almost any time of day. They were the worst they've been ever that I can remember in my life last year.

Maybe it was just a confluence of events that made it seem like it was working so well, but I do think it worked well. Just needs propane tank, I forgot how many he said he went thru in a month, 2 maybe? and electricity.

 

A propane mosquito trap is your best choice.

 

...he previous owner planted flowering plants all around the house that bloom at different times of the year. Wife likes them and doesn't want to remove them. We've already thinned them as much as possible.

I'm planning to fog the lot perimeter with bifenthrin, but I need to do something about all the flowering plants around the perimeter of the house...

Why? Mosquitoes are not attracted to all flowers. Many flowers repel them. Just plant the right types. Marigolds, geraniums, lavender, lemon balm, rosemary, basil, mint, sage, the list is endless.

 

I just want to say to the mods that moving this out of the pesticide forum was a bad move.

Our industry needs to focus on this. What I've learned from a bee keeper makes me sick with how we apply for mosquitoes.

@Michael J. Donovan

 

Yeah, mods, moving my thread was a bad move. Shame on you.

I researched the forums here and I put my question in the pesticide section for a reason. Moving it into the homeowner forum resulted in the replies pointing me to useless homeowner junk like burning incense coils (I've seen those in use; they're worthless).

I'm going to be fogging. The only question is with what. I'm trying to be responsible by researching the most appropriate and least harmful solution, but because the mods decided to be smug, elitist and exclusionary dicks and deny me the actual useful information I'm looking for by kicking my question to the homeowner forum because I'm not a professional, all you're accomplishing is making it more likely that a less appropriate chemical gets applied... which will end up reflecting on and impacting the professional community.

 

No need for the vulgar language and you said you are not in the industry so your thread belongs here, where I moved it

Thanks

 

Look into maverick. Im not sure i buy their claims on bee safety but they claim it.

 

Thank you very much. I looked into Mavrik, and the active ingredient, Tau-fluvalinate, seems on first blush like it might be exactly what I'm looking for.

 

https://www.domyown.com/mavrik-perimeter-p-429.html

 

Everyone that replied actually did so before it was moved

Not true.