I noticed in South East Asia it was common to keep a water feature in the yard with one or more fish in it.
Mosquitos land on the water to lay eggs and are immediately eaten by the fish.
The water feature could be quite small. Sometimes just a large vase in a shady location with no aeration pump or filter (the water needs to be stagnant) and a few goldfish.
Or... you know... lasers. :D
Re:Insects Are in Serious Trouble
by Caprinicus on Monday October 23, 2017 @07:44PM
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Either we put the lasers on the fish or I’m out
Sharks with frikkin’ lazers beams!
Re:Insects Are in Serious Trouble
by chaostheory on Monday October 23, 2017 @08:00PM
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TLDR: mosquitos hate air current. Just buy a few electric fans. No chems and relatively cheap.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/science/a-low-tech-mosquit...
Not bad ... but the fans do make noise. Which is OK for a party with music anyway, but for something more romantic - not so much. At least not for me ...
I like simple solutions like that...
Re:Insects Are in Serious Trouble
by sliverstorm on Monday October 23, 2017 @08:10PM
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How about bat boxes?
Re:Insects Are in Serious Trouble
by carterehsmith on Monday October 23, 2017 @08:53PM
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Sure it works... but now you need snakes or raccoons to keep bats in check.
Next you need badgers to keep snakes and raccoons in check etc etc. Soon enough you will need elephants and lions and whatnots.
Maybe easier to just live with mosquitoes.
Re:Insects Are in Serious Trouble
by jon_richards on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @01:15AM
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Why do you need to keep bats in check?
Re:Insects Are in Serious Trouble
by carterehsmith on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:05AM
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Dunno man... what if they acquire flight? We will all be hosed then\
Re:Insects Are in Serious Trouble
by ScottBurson on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @01:59AM
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So they don't mate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_laser
Unfortunately not market ready, yet ...
edit: bat boxes, water-fish traps and having birds around will certainly reduce mosquito population ... but there will be still lots of them around. A laser can take them (allmost) all out ...
Oh and about the water: if you just have open water around with no fish in it ... then the mosquitos will love that, btw.. So taking care, that there is no open water around, when it is hot, helps also a lot ... but I still want my laser turret.