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I don't know if you guys have a beetle problem in yoru areas of eh world but "beetle bags" are sold in vast numbers around here. The goal is to collect the beetles in the bag so that they do not proliferate as grubs in the lawn and destroy the lawn.
What most people fail to understand is that the scent for the beetle bag is a sex lure. the beetles fly to a big orgy. whilst flying the femailes drop all of their eggs in close proximity to the bag to make room for more eggs...which means that the people with the beetle bags are more prone to have more grubs and beetles in their lawn.
I have often wondered about the advantages of attracting skeeters with a lure vs. warding them off with a smoke repellant. Are an inordinate amount of skeeters brought to the location of the lure which would negate the effects of killing them as a certain percentage will still bite? In other words, if you repelled them instead of attracting them would it change the probability of getting bit by the skeeter in any way eiither postively or negatively. Who's the resident statistician?
Repel outside, avoid attacting them inside, but once inside zap the bastards.
Since mosquitoes lay their eggs in water, you have to eliminate still open water sources such as wet trays under potplants.
The Aedes mosquito which is responsible for Dengue has evolved to live near and on man. She is light and almost silent having muffled wings so we don't hear her easily.
As a result of people learning not to leave clean water around, she is now mutating into a species which can breed further away in dirty water e.g. perimeter drains, sewers , etc.
It's a never ending battle, but with six zapper units in selected areas inside the house, we seem to have eliminated most. When one does appear, I'm happy to grab my racquet zapper, and engage in one-on-one combat. even better with a hand zapper one in each hand, as that way you get them faster.
Trying to keep one eye on each zapper, they're more likely to fly into a wall, ceiling fan or chechuck territory.
I'm sure there's a lesson here for controlling terrorists. I just have to develop the theory and game plan.
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I collect them instead.
My collector has a UV light and small fan which attracts them then collects them on an electrified grid.
I now have six of these machines throughout the house and don't even mind emptying them now and then.
We also have che chuks who pick of the sneaky ones that try to hide behind pictures or on the ceiling.
Those little guys are getting mean and hungry though and might need to hunt outside soon.
We hate mosquitos and missed a trip to Hawaii a year ago when my wife came down with dengue the day we were due to travel.
Spin
[Edited on 29/9/2005 by Dr_Spin]
What most people fail to understand is that the scent for the beetle bag is a sex lure. the beetles fly to a big orgy. whilst flying the femailes drop all of their eggs in close proximity to the bag to make room for more eggs...which means that the people with the beetle bags are more prone to have more grubs and beetles in their lawn.
I have often wondered about the advantages of attracting skeeters with a lure vs. warding them off with a smoke repellant. Are an inordinate amount of skeeters brought to the location of the lure which would negate the effects of killing them as a certain percentage will still bite? In other words, if you repelled them instead of attracting them would it change the probability of getting bit by the skeeter in any way eiither postively or negatively. Who's the resident statistician?
Repel outside, avoid attacting them inside, but once inside zap the bastards.
Since mosquitoes lay their eggs in water, you have to eliminate still open water sources such as wet trays under potplants.
The Aedes mosquito which is responsible for Dengue has evolved to live near and on man. She is light and almost silent having muffled wings so we don't hear her easily.
As a result of people learning not to leave clean water around, she is now mutating into a species which can breed further away in dirty water e.g. perimeter drains, sewers , etc.
It's a never ending battle, but with six zapper units in selected areas inside the house, we seem to have eliminated most. When one does appear, I'm happy to grab my racquet zapper, and engage in one-on-one combat. even better with a hand zapper one in each hand, as that way you get them faster.
Trying to keep one eye on each zapper, they're more likely to fly into a wall, ceiling fan or chechuck territory.
I'm sure there's a lesson here for controlling terrorists. I just have to develop the theory and game plan.
Spin
[Edited on 7/10/2005 by Dr_Spin]