Mosquitoes follow up - they are eating me alive!

[MiamiCuse]

For the last two months I have been battling this mosquito problem at a new
property I purchased in Miami, Florida. It rains a lot here, hot and humid
and I am the kind that if I stand in a crowd of ten people, the mosquitoes
will attack me and no one else.

I don't know why, but there are a few spots near my house that mosquitoes
seem to like to hang out. One spot is outside the corner of my garage, and
the other is outside the front door. Both spots are covered by an
overhanging eave and stay dark even at noon.

I initially tried the Cutter fogger spray on those spot, and it seemed to
work for an hour or two before they come back. Then I tried some insect
control spray I purchased at Home Depot which states that it will kill
flying insects and will stay "effective" for three months. I sprayed down my
front door and garage doors, and they don't seem to work. As a matter of
fact as I sprayed I saw a swarm of mosquitoes and sprayed on them, I don't
see them dropping when the mist hit them. That was totally useless.

They I got a Stinger "zapper" with a mosquito lure that is supposed to kill
and clear mosquitoes within an acre. Well I only wanted it to clear the
7'x7' area near my front door. I hung it there for 8 hours, and I walked out
periodically to check it. As I get close to inspect it, I can hear
mosquitoes near my left year and right year
"zzzzmmmmmmm....mmmmmmm.....zzzzzzummmmmm..." and they are not getting close
to the zapper at all. Next I got a big candle which claims to repel
mosquitoes because it has this "citronella oil" and same thing, I was
working outside near the garage door, I put that candle there and hope that
I can work on my pump without being bothered and they attacked me with the
candle burning right next to it.

Now, it's getting personal, I am on a mission, I need to get rid of them,
for good...what can I do?

I have over 20 bites and my son has 8 bites just from this afternoon being
outside.

And there are no standing water or puddle near where they swarm. There is a
stagnant canal one block down and when it rains the swale areas outside the
houses tend to pond, but I am not trying to control my entire outdoor and
yard, I am just trying to rid of them at the front door and garage overhang
areas.

Thanks for any comments.

[Lar]

Post by MiamiCuse
And there are no standing water or puddle near where they swarm. There is a
stagnant canal one block down and when it rains the swale areas outside the
houses tend to pond, but I am not trying to control my entire outdoor and
yard, I am just trying to rid of them at the front door and garage overhang
areas.
Thanks for any comments.

You can spray the areas where they are hiding with spray attachments
that attach to the hose, permethrin is probably what you will find for
the do it your selfer...I would guess you would get a few days to over a
week depending on the rain. If you call a pro to treat the areas they
would probably use cypermethrin or bifenthrin. I use cypermethrin in my
work and expect 30-45 days satisfaction but in Dallas we are having
crazy summer weather, rains everyday..lakes are something like 20 feet
over where there normal Summer levels are supposed to be. Because of the
rain I am only getting a couple of weeks worth of results.

Lar

[j]

If you want to get rid of the mosquitoes, buy some birds called Purple
Martins. They are said to eat 2,000 mosquitoes per day. Here's a link to
some information about it
http://www.afcesa.af.mil/ces/cesm/pest/cesm_martin.asp

Post by MiamiCuse
For the last two months I have been battling this mosquito problem at a new
property I purchased in Miami, Florida. It rains a lot here, hot and humid
and I am the kind that if I stand in a crowd of ten people, the mosquitoes
will attack me and no one else.
I don't know why, but there are a few spots near my house that mosquitoes
seem to like to hang out. One spot is outside the corner of my garage, and
the other is outside the front door. Both spots are covered by an
overhanging eave and stay dark even at noon.
I initially tried the Cutter fogger spray on those spot, and it seemed to
work for an hour or two before they come back. Then I tried some insect
control spray I purchased at Home Depot which states that it will kill
flying insects and will stay "effective" for three months. I sprayed down my
front door and garage doors, and they don't seem to work. As a matter of
fact as I sprayed I saw a swarm of mosquitoes and sprayed on them, I don't
see them dropping when the mist hit them. That was totally useless.
They I got a Stinger "zapper" with a mosquito lure that is supposed to kill
and clear mosquitoes within an acre. Well I only wanted it to clear the
7'x7' area near my front door. I hung it there for 8 hours, and I walked out
periodically to check it. As I get close to inspect it, I can hear
mosquitoes near my left year and right year
"zzzzmmmmmmm....mmmmmmm.....zzzzzzummmmmm..." and they are not getting close
to the zapper at all. Next I got a big candle which claims to repel
mosquitoes because it has this "citronella oil" and same thing, I was
working outside near the garage door, I put that candle there and hope that
I can work on my pump without being bothered and they attacked me with the
candle burning right next to it.
Now, it's getting personal, I am on a mission, I need to get rid of them,
for good...what can I do?
I have over 20 bites and my son has 8 bites just from this afternoon being
outside.
And there are no standing water or puddle near where they swarm. There is a
stagnant canal one block down and when it rains the swale areas outside the
houses tend to pond, but I am not trying to control my entire outdoor and
yard, I am just trying to rid of them at the front door and garage overhang
areas.
Thanks for any comments.

[Lar]

Post by j
If you want to get rid of the mosquitoes, buy some birds called Purple
Martins. They are said to eat 2,000 mosquitoes per day. Here's a link to
some information about it
http://www.afcesa.af.mil/ces/cesm/pest/cesm_martin.asp

This information is not true...makers of bird houses use this to move
their products. Mosquitoes for the most part are night fliers...martins
are day fliers. Martin diets consists of larger foods such as moths and
dragon flies for the most part. That "2000 mosquitoes a day" that you
see everywhere is based on an anecdotal account in literature that was
based on body weight of the bird and the number of mosquitoes that would
be required to sustain its metabolism. But they are fun to watch.

Lar

[Bruce Atchison - author]

Greetings;

Do those mosquito deleters work? I heard an ad for the product but I'd like
this list's input. Thanks.

Sincerely,

Bruce Atchison - author of Deliverance from Jericho (Six Years in a Blind
School) and When a Man Loves a Rabbit ((Learning and Living With Bunnies).

Please visit my blog at the
http://canadianauthors.ning.com/profile/batchison and
http://www.bruceatchison.blogspot.com pages.