r/MosquitoHating

As you can tell by the title I’m loosing my battle against mosquitoes. Let me start out by listing what I am using currently.

- Pest control company every 3 weeks
- Biogents Mosquito Trap w/ Co2
- Mosquito Dunks (3 buckets around my yard)
- Mosquito zappers w/ octenol attractant
- Small patio pond with fish to eat larva and attract dragonflies (I also throw a dunk in this)
- Bat box

So as you can see I have lots of things to help prevent mosquitoes, I have also invested so much money. I still can’t comfortably sit or walk around my yard though, because the mosquitoes are just so bad. What else can I possibly do to rid them?

A little more inform about my yard. I have a little less than a half an acre that backs up to woods and a creek. (I can’t see the creek but the neighbors say they can see it) I also have a pool, 2 wood decks, and the rest of the yard is grass with a few potted plants around the yard. We don’t have any standing water aside from the buckets with mosquito dunks. We maintain our yard fairly well nothing ever gets too long or overgrown. One more thing I will add is the pest control guy does walk behind my fence and sprays as well. I have watched him he does a very thorough job.

Any tips or advice is greatly appreciated.

*And yes I know bug spray and thermal cell works amazingly. I still want to be able to let my dog out for a quick potty break without all the prep.

I moved to a house that backs up to an approximately 35k sqft pond. There is a fountain in the middle of the pond but the edges so appear to have a decent amount of vegetation growth (if that makes any difference for mosquito population)

If I were to make some mosquito kill buckets for my yard, am I just wasting my time, with the pond being so close? Its not my pond, so im not willing to start throwing mosquito dunks into it, even if they are safe for wildlife. I will do buckets in my yard, since I already have some buckets anyway.

But im just wondering if this will be a fools errand with that pond so close.

Federal public health officials say West Nile virus cases are at an all time high for this time of the year, the highest number of human cases reported in June since 2004.

West Nile virus is the most common and serious mosquito-borne disease in California that can be fatal to humans and some wildlife, according to the California Department of Public Health. 

In Los Angeles County, cases began to pop up in May, firstly in Pico Rivera and Long Beach, according to the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District. Now it’s up to 27 within its coverage area.

At the same time, more mosquitoes carrying the virus are being found.

Read more about why cases are growing and how to stay safe at the link.

I hate mosquitos so much. I'm exhausted, I haven't slept in days. Today I woke up at 5 am and haven't been able to sleep since. The worst part is that I even changed rooms but they followed me there or there were more of them I was genuinely CRYING. I hate the ZZZZZ in my ear I HATE THEM I'm so scared of them and everytime I turn on the lights it seems like they magically disappear. I don't even know where they come from I'm not even opening the windows 💔💔

Hi everyone,

I am a undergraduate Public Health student and as I learn more I understand more of how mosquitos spread diseases and methods of their population control. I also do robotics and 3d printing as a hobby, along with many other relevant things. I have been designing a "Death Train" to help mitigate the problem. Note this is more of a passion project and not an attempt to exterminate the mosquito family. (It is a model train, I don't know what size but that will be determined later)

The current design is a small track, a loop of some sort, during peak mosquito hours the train will go out and stop at an intended point in the track, and attached will be rail carts, made with a one way entrance lid like many bug traps, and as of now a yeast and sugar combo for CO2 production (please comment any better ideas if you have them), then the train will take them back to the station and there I will have some sort of automated process to kill them, not sure if it'll be fire, gases, or something else, but I want it to be quick, and that's where I came to ask. If you have any suggestions or ideas on the best way to kill these creatures, please inform me. All and any advice is welcome.

This is, once again, a passion project, I'm only doing it for fun and it's a nice hobby to make interesting things. I'm not here to ask if it's possible so please if you feel the need to snark save it. I hope you all have a fantastic day and I hope to hear from all of you.

no matter how much bug spray i use and permethrin treated clothing i wear, i still get ~50 bites from being outside for half an hour. i work outside so i can’t avoid them but the bites are ruining my quality of life. please help :((

WHY CANT THEY JUST LEAVE NE ALONE FOR FUCKS SAKE. ITS MIDNIGHT AND IM BORED AND ON MY PHONE AND THEY KEEP BUZZING AROUND MY HEAD AND INTO MY PHONE BECAUSE ITS THE ONLY SOURCE OF LIGHT. SAME WITH FLIES LIKE I KNOW IM SWEATING A LOT ITS FUCKING 20° AT NIGHT IN HUNGARY YOU DONT NEED TO REMIND ME THAT I SMELL AND AM SWEATING BY CONSTANTLY FLYING AROUND ME. GOD WHY DO THESE TWO THINGS EVEN EXIST. I KNOW THAT FLIES ARE GOOD FOR ECO SYSTEMS BECAUSE OTHER ANIMALS (like spiders!!! ❤️) EAT THEM BUT MOSQUITOES?? MOSQUITOES DONT DO SHIT OTHER THAN- OH MY FUCKING, I SWEAR TO GOD PEOPLE OF REDDIT THERE IS ONE HARASSING ME AS I WRITE THIS VERY SENTENCE- as i was saying, THEY DONT DO ANYTHING OHTER THAN BITE YOU AND SPREAD DISEASE AND SHIT. IM SO FUCKING GLAD I GO BACK TO THE UK TOMORROW BECAUSE I CANT FUCKING HANDLE IT HERE IN HUNGARY ANYMORE. Also this isnt me hating on all insects, i actually really like all arthropods and think they are pretty cool- HOW THE FUCK DO THEY KEEP GETTING IN THIS ROOM-

Edit: Hello mosquito haters, i posted this in r/hatethissmug and reddit told me i should post it here

Our yard near the Winston-Salem area in NC is absolutely covered in mosquitos. It doesn't help that I am essentially mosquito bait and get giant welts with every single bite. I typically wear bug spray when I plan to be outside for a while, but I can't even go outside for 5 minutes without having 20+ bites (not even standing still mind you). My husband has even gotten bitten with a box fan directly pointed at him. These things are absolute beasts. The bites hurt and I typically end up using prescription strength hydrocortisone cream to get them to calm down. I also feel awful because they go after our goats too. And with our goats, I'm not open to any yard sprays as they like to eat our grass. I'm going absolutely insane and need cheaper options.

Has anyone tried the dynatrap with the mosquito lure? I understand that the UV light won't get them but I was curious if the lure will help get them in the trap. I recently purchased the 1 acre one with the lure but it's hard to look in the trap and see them with all the other bugs. I've only had it for 2 days I also have buckets with mosquito dunks.

After researching I believe our highest volume of mosquitos are the tiger mosquitos if this helps identify if I need a different lure or anything specific. I really appreciate any help.

TLDR: Mosquito infested yard and I am essentially bait. I'm looking for cheaper trap recommendations (no more than $100) if the dynatrap with lure and mosquito dunk buckets don't work. Also if you have any advice on that option, I'm open to it. Not open to sprays because we have goats that eat our grass.

We live in Florida and it's been very wet lately so mosquitoes are pretty bad. They seem to get in the house on the dogs when we let them in. I'm very sensitive to the bites; I have many scars from scratching till it bleeds. My wife doesn't want me to spray chemicals all over the house, and I don't want to spray repellent on myself if I'm in the house (I always have it on when I'm outside). Is there a safe way to kill or trap mosquitoes when they get in the house? Our walls are dark, so I rarely even see them to kill.

No windows open, I only have AC and a central recuperation system. Now the central recuperation is sucking air from outside but there's a really dense net that mosquitos cant get through.

I've counted about 8 mosquitos tonight so far. Started with 3, woke up 2 hours later and found 5 more...

Anyone have any ideas?