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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: GGV8Cruza on October 23, 2015, 05:26:58 AM
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We live on some land, small to some, larger to city style. We have a great outdoor entertaining area and with the weather now on the change we will be looking forward to entertaining and using the pool and deck a lot more this year.
One issue we have is the attack of the mozzie, we have an old quarry close to us and I am guessing the water in the quarry is a great breeding ground for them so when the time is right they are relentless and become a pain.
Can anyone give me a review and suggestion on a way to keep them at bay a little, we are thinking an electronic device, 240V is fine. Thanks in advance
GG
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Buy a stack of gold fish and drop them in the quarry ponds. Fish eat the larvae before they can hatch.
It's natural and everyone wins.
Alternative spray chemicals everywhere and poison the **** out of them;D
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yeah, go natives, rainbows or similar - not gold fish.
Otherwise there are those citronella squirters, but ti is hard to beat the old mosquito coils, I reckon they work as well or better than more expensive options.
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Buy a stack of gold fish and drop them in the quarry ponds. Fish eat the larvae before they can hatch.
It's natural and everyone wins.
Alternative spray chemicals everywhere and poison the **** out of them;D
Even better get some murry cod or pearch fingerlings in there,
Goldfish taste like crap!
Ive noticed though myself the flys and mosqutos are so much worse this year than last already.
I went around last weekend and checked for water in empty pots ect and found a few larvae, bastids breed in the smallest amount of water
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That's a great idea.
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l can see it soon " GGs Fishing Safari : :cup: :cheers:
Yet another cottage industry is born :cup: :cheers:
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Shotgun?? Or should we not go down that track again ;D ;D ;D
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Buy a few attack drones and put them on auto mode. Attack and destroy.
But. I live in darwin to keep them a bay and that's all you can do. I have found what works best is making a breeze of some sort. We use over head fans.. Then i use mossie coils (u pay for what you get). On the boarders of the area we are sitting.
The electronic blue light things ARE ABSOLUTLY USELESS. all they do is attract bigger bugs and do nothing for the mozxie population.
Joe.
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Speak to the council about getting it sprayed..
They had a massive mozzie issue at the Frankston MX track, it was all swamp over the road, the council then sprayed it and the issue died down for a while.
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As said electronic deterrents don't worry work. Mosquitoes and flies are attracted to the co2 that's cute messages from your skin. An ultra violet light had no attraction to them unless you add a bait attractant. Get your self a ceiling fan and mozzie coils
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While camping, I've found mozzie coils are useless...they certainly don't like the smoke, but how do you cover the whole area in smoke ??
Apart from personal spray....and the fish in the quarry......what everyone does down in the everglades in America is enclose their outdoor areas in flyscreen !!
I think the fish idea would be cheaper ! ;D
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do regular checks around the house and empty any sitting water
mozzie coils work well i normally use about 4 for a 25m2 area this also helps break the cycle as the wont lay eggs close by
native fish are cheap and a good way to reduce mozzies and would be fun to wander over and catch some every now and then
:cheers:
Adam
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Perhaps a trip to the nursery and a bit of gardening-
Rosemary (repels flies)
Lemongrass
“Mozzie Blocker” (Leptospermum releases it’s natural Citronella like scent when the weather is warm)
Lemon Thyme
Catnip (Mosquitos, Weevils and Cockroaches Ten times more effective than DEET)
Marigolds (Contain pyrethrum which mosquitoes find offensive)
Ageratum (Emits a smell that mosquitoes find offensive and secretes a substance called Coumarin which is widely used in repellents.)
Chamomile (Repels flying insects)
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You could velcro a dozen or so gecko's or green tree frogs to your uncovered skin areas, but if you have pets, they may get jealous.
We use the basic Pestrol automatic spray cans in the house and they seem to work fine in killing (or repelling) flies, skeeters etc, and they do have outside units. We have 2 marine fish tanks, a cat and 2 dogs that have not been affected by the spray so it seems to be safe, and the pet flaps being used all the time does not alter the effectiveness.
Can't comment on the outdoor units but if they work as well as the indoor ones it may be worth the try.
The same company has electronic mouse deterrents that supposedly work from all power outlets when one is plugged into a power point, but our family mice living within 300mm of a power point did not read the instructions and they thrived. There is also pretty bad reports on their snake repellers.
The insect spray works for us, but mice and snakes deterrents etc........rate right up there with Hyclones.
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I have used these often in the past. It is fantastic but I found the best thing was to actually put it UNDER the table at our feet as the mozzies would hang around down there. If it is really bad I would have another going on a table. Unfortunately I no longer have a deck so don't get to use them at home. I have recently bought a new one to take camping though.
You can also buy something similar that plugs in. It looks nothing like this one though.
Also the Aldi mozzie wipes work really well if you are lucky enough to get some when they are available.
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Mossie coils/citronella candles if you can stand the smoke and something like aeroguard. If you don't want the chemical route on your skin, then natural plants/oils like Spada said. Lemon Eucalyptus and Citronella get good wraps and using a fan - mossies are quite fragile fliers. Also long pants and tops - not always great in summer but it reduces the skin surface.
Then you could try and reduce their numbers by reducing habitat around the home. Reduce standing water for the larva and thick dense foliage for the adults. - Open water tanks and water barrels are a big source of larva so drain any you don't need or cover the openings to stop them getting in. But they don't really need much water, 15cm wide by 1-2cm deep is enough to let them breed within 8-10 days. So any standing pools in tarps, Bird baths buckets etc...
Most mossies only travel 1-2km from their breeding ground (some can travel 20-50km) so unless the quarry is that close it might not be the main cause.
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Or there's something like this:
http://www.mosquitoslayer.com/# (http://www.mosquitoslayer.com/#)!products/ciaa
Masks your breath, attracts them in then kills them. Saw something on local news a few years ago when they came out & supposedly do work but never spoken to anyone who actually has one. Also no idea on price, so could be scary ???
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Or there's something like this:
http://www.mosquitoslayer.com/# (http://www.mosquitoslayer.com/#)!products/ciaa
Masks your breath, attracts them in then kills them. Saw something on local news a few years ago when they came out & supposedly do work but never spoken to anyone who actually has one. Also no idea on price, so could be scary ???
From their website
"A field test showed 98% of the mosquitoes caught by the trap were female, while only 1% was male."
The other 1% must be undecided...
Robbo...
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The other 1% must be undecided...
No, they're drones >:D
Ohhh, sorry, forgot - it's bee's that have drones isn't it, not mozzies! ;D
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No, they're drones >:D
Ohhh, sorry, forgot - it's bee's that have drones isn't it, not mozzies! ;D
Ha ha I just giggled...
Robbo...
Whatever you do, DO NOT ask about the drones...
rockfactor.com.au
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Mate get yourself a heap of kerosene lanterns and fill them with citronella, hang them around your patio. It kills 2 birds with one stone nice lighting when entertaining and gives you a mozzie barrier, if the mozzie's are that bad whack on a mozzie coil to assist the citronella.
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Midnight raid on the quarry??
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From their website
"A field test showed 98% of the mosquitoes caught by the trap were female, while only 1% was male."
The other 1% must be undecided...
Robbo...
Only female mozzies bite at night and males during the day,male mozzies dont carry malaria but they carry dengue feaver.
Ive spent Shitloads of time in S.E asia and alot of it as a youngster living on 20 bucks a day so i didnt waste money on anything that didnt work.
Long slieves and long pants where you can (i used to buy ultralite long slieve Ts and pants for night time use and a good insect repalent on exposed areas but i spent yonks of time on islands and jungle areas where mozzies were rife and so was maleria... mozzie coils are invaluable as are fans as stated before but light weight long slieves and pants are the only way to enjoy yourself in realy bad areas
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We tried one similar to this:
http://www.mega catch.com/ultra.html (http://www.mega catch.com/ultra.html)
Think it is still floating around in the corner of the backyard if you want to have a go. Swag mail? Didn't work as well as advertised for us, but your situation sounds closer to the scenario it is designed for. One big issue we had was it works best with CO2 bottles, and we found buying those was a major pain.
Have a mate who catches mozzies semi professionally for uni studies and the like. CO2 is an essential part of any trap, but he uses other aromatics as well.
We tend to just use Mortein mozzie coils, and have fish in the garden pond.
Let me know if you want to follow up on the machine. We can dig it out and see how many bits have got lost since it was last used. ;D
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Long sleeves and clothes work till you come across Scotch Grey mozzies. They will bite you through even thick clothing such as denim or army green.
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Even better get some murry cod or pearch fingerlings in there,
Goldfish taste like CARP.
Fixed it
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Long sleeves and clothes work till you come across Scotch Grey mozzies. They will bite you through even thick clothing such as denim or army green.
Nice ,works until you meet a car jacker or rapist too.
You can prepare yourself for t h e expected.... not everything else
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Nice ,works until you meet a car jacker or rapist too.
You can prepare yourself for t h e expected.... not everything else
Scotch Greys are common in SE QLD. Just info not a fight. Sorry if I upset you.
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We live in The Dandenong Ranges and have a heap of mozzies here as well.
I haven't been able to find anything to keep them away.
We are usually locked inside from mid afternoon or we have a gazebo with a fly screen out the back.
Good luck and if you find what works let me know.
Vicki
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All good out on the plains...... ;D ;D
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GG ,mosquitos hey ,maybe they are getting blown north from Tooradin ( Aboriginal for mosquito )
I do like Spadas post ,do you have shade trees around ,the bugger hide up in them ,out of the wind,and come out when the wind dies off ,late afternoon seemingly ,a few natural plants underneath them may work wonders
If I can get my act together and restrain the minions from spending my hard earned and get to build my outdoorsey area ,I would plant a few of these plants ,if they don't work ,they can meet Mr mower
Cheers
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I use stuff called Coopex. It's a residual insecticide powder. Mix it with water and spray it on the vegetation where you think the burgers live (when I spray along the base of the fence to the north it really stirs them up). It takes a few days to work but definitely reduces the problem, a lot. I probably spray twice, start of summer and around Christmas, maybe again if it's a long summer.
That's buggers.
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We also have a big mozzie issue - to the point where our outdoor area and bbq is barely used. I'd love to find a solution but I feel that screening a section is probably the only reliable way.
We back onto state forest and I am fairly sure there is some standing water in gullies about 100m away from our house. They seem bad in the local park which is about 200m further away from the forest though ... but the park is next to a creek so maybe there's another issue there.
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We just use coils down here as its all we need. When we were in Sarina, mozzies and midges were super thick, so we had to get a bit more fair dinkum. Citronella was was pretty smelly for us but we found both Raid & Mortien brand lanterns worked the best for us. Once you have the lantern, you can get refills containing the candles & repellent strips. I think it's something like 5m coverage in any direction that they cover and the last 4-6 hours (the duration of the candle). They do add up in price if you use them all the time, but they worked a treat for us.
Cheers
Listo
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Scotch Greys are common in SE QLD. Just info not a fight. Sorry if I upset you.
You never upset me mate.
Im not the villian some of the more precious types that like to take a shot from the shaddows would have you believe.
Ive never heard of scotch greys but ive been i swamps in indonesia and malaysia and they are insanely bad.
Peace bro
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All good. I'd never met anything like them in my time up in the tropics with the Australian Army. A simple ambush exercise became an exercise in extreme discipline whilst being eaten alive in the foothills of the Bunya Mountains. They went straight through our army greens as if we were naked. Six hours lying in wait, while being eaten alive is certainly an exercise in focus ;D
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Someone at the national meet was saying mozzies don't like more than 6kph breeze. Can't remember who butthey had nice eyebrows.
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When we lived in Scotland, the only thing that worked for us against the Scottish Midgie was Avon Skin So Soft.
No idea whether it would also protect against mozzies?
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scotch greys are murderous!! We are out during the evening/nights on the farm every night. in summer it is a case of dousing yourself in rid or similar as these mossies bite through all clothing even jeans!!
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Some light reading
http://www.wetlandcare.com.au/Content/templates/..%5C..%5Cdocs%5Cmoznotes.pdf (http://www.wetlandcare.com.au/Content/templates/..%5C..%5Cdocs%5Cmoznotes.pdf)