harryopal
Have just signed lease and preparing to move in to a house identical to that which we are leaving. While meeting with the owner it became apparent that the little backyard of about 10 metres by 12 metres and similar size front are heavily infested with mosquitoes. Weeds have grown quickly but wonder what would be most economical product to spray both areas? Removing grass and recent growth will obviously help but in the meantime..... I was wearing shorts and soon had lots of bites.Thanks.
Markit
Matador - but that won't help if your neighbors are the source, unless you spray them too.
YachtRock
Hey Harry,I'm sure you've already removed all sources of standing water by now. That usually is enough to do the trick for me but if not, I found this company in Bali.They do a non-chemical mosquito control. No idea about the prices but figured I'd share the info with you anyway:[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.urbanbiologistbali.com/urban_mosquito.html[/URL]
harryopal
Thank you YachtRock and Markit. We have people there today cutting back the growth in the front and back yards which I am sure provided excellent habitat for mosquitoes with little pools of water with the heavy rains. Always on the lookout for pools of water however tiny. I keep a cup of water by the bed to sip If I wake during the night. I stopped covering with a saucer so as not to disturb the wife. Then when checking before bed to see if I still had water I found lavae in the cup. I now cover with a bit of gladwrap. Very enterprising are mosquitoes. Will spray the interior as we move in and then hopefully will have not much of a problem.(This seems a very trivial concern as I watch the news about the earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria. As assistance is rushed to the area so too will organized crime to see what they can pull out from aid. The Mafia, worse than virus bearing mosquitoes, have been notorious in Italy for sucking out profit from earthquakes there.)
YachtRock
Thank you YachtRock and Markit. We have people there today cutting back the growth in the front and back yards which I am sure provided excellent habitat for mosquitoes. Always on the lookout for pools of water however tiny. I keep a cup of water by the bed to sip If I wake during the night. I stopped covering with a saucer so as not to disturb the wife. Then when checking before bed to see if I still had water I found lavae in the cup. I now cover with a bit of gladwrap. Very enterprising are mosquitoes. Will spray the interior as we move in and then hopefully will have not much of a problem.[/QUOTE]Are you leaving a full cup of water by your bedside for days at a time? Last I checked mosquitoes need around 7 days in standing water to reproduce.
harryopal
No full cups. Sometimes just a residual amount left in the morning and then would then top up. I wonder how many lavae I may have swallowed before realizing the hazard. Hospitalized with a deadly malaria strain returning from Africa in 1992 so I have been mosquito conscious but evidently not conscious enough.
YachtRock
No full cups. Sometimes just a residual amount left in the morning and then would then top up. I wonder how many lavae I may have swallowed before realizing the hazard. Hospitalized with a deadly malaria strain returning from Africa in 1992 so I have been mosquito conscious but evidently not conscious enough.[/QUOTE]Take care mate. Had a friend recover from dengue recently. It was no walk in the park.
Markit
Thank you YachtRock and Markit. We have people there today cutting back the growth in the front and back yards which I am sure provided excellent habitat for mosquitoes with little pools of water with the heavy rains. Always on the lookout for pools of water however tiny. I keep a cup of water by the bed to sip If I wake during the night. I stopped covering with a saucer so as not to disturb the wife. Then when checking before bed to see if I still had water I found lavae in the cup. I now cover with a bit of gladwrap. Very enterprising are mosquitoes. Will spray the interior as we move in and then hopefully will have not much of a problem.(This seems a very trivial concern as I watch the news about the earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria. As assistance is rushed to the area so too will organized crime to see what they can pull out from aid. The Mafia, worse than virus bearing mosquitoes, have been notorious in Italy for sucking out profit from earthquakes there.)[/QUOTE]Go thru the area and see if you can see places where water is "secretly" standing - upturned ornamental seashells, plant pots, even traveler palms carry about a litre of water between each of their leaves for the beasties to grow in. Markit tip 101 - I'd top up the bedside water with a decent scotch if I were you - they can't grow in that.
