questions → how should you fog for mosquitoes?

vote-for16vote-against

How should you fog for mosquitoes?

Jun 12, 2012 4:41 AM

Last year I bought a propane powered mosquito fogger. It takes "fog juice" that it then heats/vaporizes into a very fine mist, and does a decent job of clearing out mosquitoes.

But... I'm wondering if it does me any good to do regular foggings, whether we're outside or not, or just fog before we're going to be out for that evening. My thoughts on the former would be to keep killing back the mosquito population to the point where eventually there wouldn't be as many live mosquitoes in our yard, because we keep killing them back before they could re-breed. But I'm wondering if that's like draining the ocean with a bucket, and if I should just stick to the latter.

Thoughts?

tsfisch tsfisch

4 Answers answer

Sort By:

vote-for3vote-against

Fogging before you will use your backyard is probably the most effective thing, though I'm really just guessing here.

I think you'd probably need something like the ATMOS system from Doctor Who to put a real dent in the mosquito population.

Most commercial or governmental (? the correct word escapes me) spraying and fogging to reduce mosquitio populations use compounds that interfere with the mosquito eggs' ability to hatch or reproduce in the future or some such.

baqui63 baqui63
vote-for4vote-against

Have you heard of Mosquito Squad? We've been contemplating using their service. They offer a misting system; I'll attach a link for you to read. Link to Mosquito Squad’s Automatic Misting System. This system automatically releases a 30-second spray 2-4 times daily.

missellienc missellienc
vote-for3vote-against

So... my point was, maybe you should fog more often, like the professionals do.

missellienc missellienc
vote-for2vote-against

Fogging before you go outside helps somewhat. Mosquitos don't travel very far very fast, so if you nuke the surrounding area it should help.

As to reducing the total population: don't bother. It will make such a small change (unless your property is huge) it won't be noticible. They will move in from other areas fast enough to fill in whatever gap there might be. Also, the fogger doesn't kill eggs or larvae.

wilfbrim wilfbrim

Stats

Asked
Jun 12, 2012 4:41 AM
Asked By
tsfisch
Answered
4 times
Viewed
714 times
Voted Against
0 times
Voted For
16 times

Similar Questions

Related Deals

Not a farewell, just a forced redirect.

It's true, Local.Woot is no longer, but please don't despair.

Never-ending savings are still to be found on Deals.Woot each and every day, so come on in. Don't think of it as a time for tears. Think of it as a way to bring us all closer together under one roof.

Sorry

This is only for people who have bought woots

We restrict voting to users who have purchased something from one of the other Woot stores. It's not just because we want your money (which we do) - it's the best way to be sure all the votes are coming from real people and not spam-bots or phony accounts. The best way we can think of, anyway. For now.

You can always get voting rights by buying something from one of Woot's other sites:

Purchases through Deals.Woot don't count, because in that case you're not buying anything from us. And we don't have your account information for those purchases.

If you think you've bought something from Woot before and still can't vote, make sure you're logged in with the same account you used to buy from us.

Geez, why so negative?

You have to vote up more before you can vote down.

Don't get us wrong. Negativity has its place. And downvotes are just as essential as upvotes when it comes to making Deals.Woot a useful place to find deals.

But when your votes lean so heavily toward the dark side, we have to wonder. Go vote up a few things. Accentuate the positive for a little while. It'll do you some good, and it'll do the site some good, too. Then you can get back to dealing out the smackdowns, OK?

Too late, we all heard you!

Hmm... you're wanting to take your vote back?

Well, that's a bit tricky. See, we do a lot of stuff with your vote, using it to work out the popularity of what you voted for, compare that to all the other things voted on, tally up our leaderboard, work out your reputation. Someday we'll do a little cartoon showing just how hard your vote is working.

Anyway, taking votes back messes all that up, so we give you five minutes, in case you just mis-clicked. After that we've got to say no take-backs. Luckily, votes are free, so feel free to throw them around left and right wherever you see fit.