mosquito magnet is good!

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

picked one up on craigslist and its been immediately a big hit.

[Monkeyleg]

Picture? Description? We could use something for mosquitoes.

[gunsmith]

there is a picture, only its so small you cant see it unless you squint- to be carried by a mosquito it has to be tiny.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/

http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/aboutus/testimonials

http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/advice/how-it-works/how-it-works-independent-testing

the last link has a testimonial from the coast guard station in the bahamas thats pretty intense.  i am too cheap to buy one new but got one used for 125 bucks.   i've had some other brands and this one is the best

[BMacklem]

Wow...brand new those higher end units are over $700+
The cheaper ones are still $300.
I'd love to get one or two though.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

the price came down they were 1200 when they first came out  a paper bag of mosquito corpses is good

[Hutch]

I had/have the Blue Rhino Skeeter Vac.  I chose it 'cause it has an on-board generator (no batteries or AC hookup required), and the big version claims to be able to handle 2+ acres.  I have all that and a pond.

Wellsir, it worked okay, when it worked at all.  My problem was that I couldn't get the ignitor to light off the gas, and there's no place and no way to get an external ignition source (read: match) to it.  Many calls to the Blue Rhino people ("it should work...") produced nada, so I gave it over as a bad business.  I must be particularly tasty to the little bastards, 'cause Deep Woods Off and Cutter's isn't keeping them at bay.  I've 'bout given up on my yard in the evenings.

[Fly320s]

Have you tried bats?  Or fish for your pond?

[Firethorn]

Have you tried bats?  Or fish for your pond?

There's also treatments you can apply to any standing water to keep them down a bit.

Up here they spray 'Trumpet'.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

i use these lil tan colored biological warfare weapons that dissolve and put Bacillus thuringiensis over 30 days as they disolve . iots safe enough to use in a horse trough.
 i had the same problem hutch had with a cheaper knockoff from coleman that used sticky paper it was good first year  weak second year then dead. this one  i just got i have to plug in and is only rated for 1/2 acre hence my use of the wmd as well as a propane powered fogger

[MillCreek]

I read these stories, and I thank the Lord that we really don't have mosquitos in the Seattle area.  I do have to deal with deer flies and noseeums when hiking in the mountains. 

[MechAg94]

Too bad you can't just buy a big box of dragonflies. 

[MechAg94]

My Dad still has a bug lite that hangs out over the pond.  He would clean it out in the evenings and drop a bunch of bug carcasses into the water.  It was fun to watch the water start churning as all sorts of fish start feeding.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

bat boxes helped a lot  but the tiger mosquito is a daytime feeder this thing has special lures for them. i also use these
http://mosquitocentral.com/Repellents1.htm
near pool picnic table etc

[Lennyjoe]

I wish they had something like that for gnats.  They are brutal in our yard this year.

[CNYCacher]

I looked into every brand available a few years ago.  The consensus of every review, consumer report, etc that I could find was this: that the mosquito magnet works and works amazingly well, while all other brands of mosquito control devices barely worked at all.