Dunno. I'm one of the people who don't want mosquitos, though I don't care about bugs which don't suck my blood. I have a fan-powered mosquito trap which seems to work well enough. No chemistry.

There's always BTI, which so far is specific just to mosquitoes (biological, not chemical).

We put up mosquito traps. They emit a bit of CO2 or something like that to attract the little pests. Seems to work pretty well for us, and we still have a really healthy insect population in our yard more generally. It helps that we leave our leafs around the trees and we always cordon of a section of the lawn to leave unmowed all spring and summer.

This. I can't understand people who want their plot of land to be without natural life. Might as well sell the house and move to a flat instead.

If that were the only difference between a house and a flat I’m sure many would love to. Few want to live in a house instead of a flat mainly because they love nature.

I don’t think anyone wants their plot of land to be without natural life. Maybe without mosquitos though.

Yea but like, there's topical applications instead of bombing the backyard. Or plant lots of citrus in the yard. Rip a small branch off and scrunch up the leaves and keep it near. The citrus fumes from the leaves can keep them at bay.

I don’t think citrus grows in the Midwest. Or in most places, really.

Oh shit really? That's crazy. Y'all don't have have a sneaky lemon tree that you dash out to when u need a lemon for something?

It would die in the winter. You can grow one indoors though.

It's mostly mosquitoes. I don't like them but all the plants I have are from the local environment to help insects and birds.

This is the biggest factor I've personally seen.

My house and neighbor don't spray. I chave a corn field behind me, which I think is BT because I don't see them spray. We have plenty of bumble bees, beetles, and other insects. Although I will say there are fewer butterflies than I remeber as a kid.

My in-laws live in a development where they and almost everyone else sprays. There are very few insects. Still plenty of annoying yellow jackets though.