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I'm being harassed by mosquitoes, how do i kill them all? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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To my knowledge there's no stagnant water on my property, I've run water through all my ptraps, and I'm careful to not leave doors open. Yet at any given time there's at least 3 in my house. I can't sleep, i can't sit on the couch, i can't exist in the fear of being sucked dry.

The breaking point is when i watched my dog get bit on her head. I'm ready to do whatever it takes and then some. I will kill a man if it saves me from these demons. Any ideas?

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

            
              Fly screens (Unrealistic solution but I wanted to mention it)
Get a Pet Frog that eats them
Get lots of Spiders making Webs. Be aware that the Pet frog might eat the spiders
Flood one of your rooms and make a little swamp where you can plant canivourus plants. The issue is that the swamp will breed more mosquito than it kills but the frog will feel right at home
Make a small campfire in your bedroom before you go to sleep. It is known that smoke scares them away. Make sure to keep the windows and door closed so no new mosquito get inside. This is probably
the most effective as you won't get stung for the rest of you life
Catch some mosquitos and suck the blood out of them. The other mosquitos will see their wrongdoings and change their ways

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Campfire solution worked for m-

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fly screens (Unrealistic solution but I wanted to mention it)

Can I ask why you consider that an unrealistic solution? In my experience the plant based products (lotions/patches etc) are ineffective but I haven't tried fly screens yet.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It more of a joke because its the only real solution in my list. They are limited to your house but from my experience there's no way normal mosquitos can go through them. I think mosquitos don't really give a fuck about smells (at least not enough) and the problem is that they dont spread that well.