Mosquito Control

[Moby Ric 2,058]

On 7/3/2021 at 6:46 AM, fuggled said:

Apparently Spartan isn't making the 90 day eradicator any more. They're trying to sell a 30 day version for the same price.

This is because the product has been found to not work and there's a lawsuit pending.

https://colinpurrington.com/2021/03/spartan-mosquito-eradicator-vs-pro-tech/

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This is interesting. I too live north of Houston around some drug lords and have used Spartan for 2 years and have not seen a mosquito at all.  And we have quite the back porch and yard so we are outside a lot.  In fact I was thinking I need to get new ones for the middle of summer since I put mine out about 90 days ago.

[mdleast 8,289]

I have also been using Spartan for a couple of years now and have also noticed a huge difference.  We are in our backyard quite a bit throughout the year as we like to watch movies and games out in our backyard on a projector screen.

[crash_davis 23,094]

10 hours ago, Revolution512 said:

Lol this site is littered with hippie morons

As opposed to an ignorant, selfish prick who doesn't care about what kind of world he's going to leave his kids and their kids?

[Nueces River Rat 5,537]

One of my kids works at a Feed store part time and he brought a Spartan for us to try.  It worked pretty well in our back patio area  I must say after some initial skepticism.  But it also might have worked better because our initial crop of mosquitos from the May rains were in decline.   We've had about nine inches of rain since Sunday with six of it overnight and this morning with more to come today and Friday.  We will get a better test once the a new batch of those bastards show up thanks to all the standing water in the fields and ditches.

Edited July 8, 2021 by Nueces River Rat

[DDD Dad 14,323]

Wife bought Spartan last year.  Didn't do anything.  YMMV.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

49 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

As opposed to an ignorant, selfish prick who doesn't care about what kind of world he's going to leave his kids and their kids?

What if your kids are mosquitos? 

[SHOOTER12 8,800]

We live out in the country of course, and when the grandkids were younger they were always over at the house during the day spending the night and such so we bought four to six of the ginormous bug zappers and hung them in trees around 50 ft from the house. During peak mosquito season it sounded like little tiny fireworks displays going off, just a constant crackle of those little bastards getting fried with an occasional loud pop when an unfortunate June bug ran into it. Worked pretty well for us. I've seen an ad recently for some kind of bug light, not a zapper that is supposed to be really good but have no experience with it. May have to try it out just for giggles if I see the ad again.

[DDD Dad 14,323]

7 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

We live out in the country of course, and when the grandkids were younger they were always over at the house during the day spending the night and such so we bought four to six of the ginormous bug zappers and hung them in trees around 50 ft from the house. During peak mosquito season it sounded like little tiny fireworks displays going off, just a constant crackle of those little bastards getting fried with an occasional loud pop when an unfortunate June bug ran into it. Worked pretty well for us. I've seen an ad recently for some kind of bug light, not a zapper that is supposed to be really good but have no experience with it. May have to try it out just for giggles if I see the ad again.

We have a hand held zapper that looks like a tennis racket to use on our back porch.  While I'm not very good at getting the bugs, it makes for a good workout and is extremely satisfying when you get one.

https://www.amazon.com/Intelabe-Mosquito-Rechargeable-Detachable-Flashlight/dp/B0854HLBRF/ref=pd_lpo_86_img_2/142-2772779-8170429?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0854HLBRF&pd_rd_r=14562e6c-bed8-452b-bdda-04c030238a93&pd_rd_w=v14Lr&pd_rd_wg=TM6XF&pf_rd_p=612aaa6d-f1ab-431a-a681-b5ed7cca2e52&pf_rd_r=GTF19JD7Z1YCBAZDJJCE&psc=1&refRID=GTF19JD7Z1YCBAZDJJCE

Edited July 8, 2021 by DDD Dad

[C-Man 27,182]

On 7/3/2021 at 6:46 AM, fuggled said:

Apparently Spartan isn't making the 90 day eradicator any more. They're trying to sell a 30 day version for the same price.

This is because the product has been found to not work and there's a lawsuit pending.

https://colinpurrington.com/2021/03/spartan-mosquito-eradicator-vs-pro-tech/

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On 7/3/2021 at 7:31 AM, ChickenSandwich said:

May be true but I’ve used them for two years and thought they worked. The tubes would be full of dead mosquitoes within a month.

Bought a Ryobi Folger from HD and it seems to be doing a great job for a hundo. Best guess is an 80% drop in mosquitoes. 

Yeah, there's a guy online that has gone after Spartan pretty hard. I bought them the last two years and then couldn't find them this spring. Went Googling and saw the news about lawsuit, etc. I didn't notice too much of a difference at our place by Love Field. The mosquitoes don't seem nearly as bad this year for me. The flies OTOH are out of control.

[Grimas 669]

2 hours ago, C-Man said:

 

Yeah, there's a guy online that has gone after Spartan pretty hard. I bought them the last two years and then couldn't find them this spring. Went Googling and saw the news about lawsuit, etc. I didn't notice too much of a difference at our place by Love Field. The mosquitoes don't seem nearly as bad this year for me. The flies OTOH are out of control.

I read somewhere that the flies are so bad this year because a lot of bats died in the freeze.  Sounds logical but who knows...

[crash_davis 23,094]

Awesome. 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08/25/massachusetts-rare-mosquito-virus/

Deadly mosquito virus has Mass. towns urging people to stay in at night

Massachusetts confirmed its first human case of eastern equine encephalitis this month.

Massachusetts health officials this month confirmed the state’s first human case of the eastern equine encephalitis virus this year — a man in his 80s exposed in Worcester County, west of Boston. Ten communities are now designated at high or critical risk for the virus, health officials said Saturday. Plymouth, about 40 miles south of Boston, closed all public parks and fields from dusk until dawn, when mosquitoes are most active. Nearby, Oxford banned all outdoor activities on town property after 6 p.m.

“We have not seen an outbreak of EEE for four years in Massachusetts,” Robbie Goldstein, the state’s department of public health commissioner, said in a statement. “We need to use all our available tools to reduce risk and protect our communities. We are asking everyone to do their part.”

Eastern equine encephalitis is caused by a virus spread through the bite of an infected mosquito, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is rare, but serious: about 30 percent of people with the virus die, and many survivors suffer ongoing neurological problems.

The virus outbreak in Massachusetts comes as mosquito season has lengthened across the United States, The Washington Post reported. Climate change has fueled rising global temperatures, and for more than two-thirds of the United States, increased the number of “mosquito days,” meaning days with an average humidity of at least 42 percent and temperatures between 50 and 95 degrees.

The Northeast has warmed faster than the rest of the country and experienced the biggest increase in mosquito days. In Massachusetts, there have been an average of 14 more mosquito days compared with the period from 1980 to 2009.

Scientists warn that longer mosquito seasons could heighten the risk of outbreaks of diseases carried by the bloodsucking insects, such as dengue and malaria.

Massachusetts health officials said there will be mosquito spraying between dusk and dawn throughout this week in Plymouth and Worcester counties to limit the presence of eastern equine encephalitis.

“Aerial spraying will target mosquitoes carrying the EEE virus. While these measures are crucial for reducing transmission risk, it’s vital for everyone to stay vigilant and follow personal protection guidelines to safeguard our community,” Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner Ashley Randle said in a statement.

Symptoms of those infected with the virus can include fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, behavioral changes and drowsiness. There are no vaccines to prevent eastern equine encephalitis, nor is there a specific treatment.

In 2019, there were 12 human cases of the virus in Massachusetts. Six people died. The next year, there were five human cases, with one death, according to the state health agency.

In a Wednesday memo, Oxford’s town manager, Jennifer M. Callahan, said she has been in touch with the family of the person who was afflicted with the virus this year and still battling it in the hospital.

Story continues below advertisement The family “explained their loved one with EEE was the one person in the family who recounted through the years they never get bit by mosquitos,” Callahan said. “However, right before he became symptomatic he shared that he had been recently bitten.”

“They want people to be aware this is an extremely serious disease with terrible physical and emotional consequences, regardless if the person manages to live,” Callahan said.

[InkaUtexas 25,852]

One great place to begin for Urban areas if get rid of gutters. Amazing how many of the little blood suckers can breed there.

 

[yoladu 4,090]

was it wrong of me upon seeing this thread at the top of the threads list that someone had discover a mosquito control remedy that actually works?

short of nukes.

 

...probably so.

[Bevo&Pevo 5,120]

Curtiss DynaFog?  Anyone?... I might know a guy who has one he'd be willing to make a deal on.

Superhawk II – Curtis Dyna-fog (dynafog.com)

The real action starts around 4 minutes in.

 

[Deej 76,750]

Find someone who the mosquitos like more than you and hang out with them.

[Dbeasy 15,039]

11 minutes ago, Deej said:

Find someone who the mosquitos like more than you and hang out with them.

Better yet, make sure that person is also a slow runner and you’ll be protected from mosquitos AND bear attacks. 

[Deej 76,750]

And Leon O'Neal.

[InkaUtexas 25,852]

Mosquitos love nibbling on my wife. I tell her that is why I married her.

For some reason they don't fuck with me. Maybe they know I had dengue twice and am tainted.