Controlling mosquitoes around your home

[dmbwest]

Tink, sounds like some oils sittin' there ready fer the takin'

Maybe drill some holes in them ? As a good neighbor of course.

aloha,
pog

[shockwave rider]

The tenant's "cottage" sits virtually on the property line, but the new landlord has returned to spend the winter in his nearby "cottage" so we are hoping he will make something happen soon. No one in our house is really interested in fence hopping into someone else's place, even someone who has been dumping on our property. I think part of the problem is the changeover from the former landlord to the new one, all of the tenants are carryover from a Kona side slum lord who built a Puna version of a trailer park over the last 20 years. The new guy is planning to live there at least every winter, so he has a personal interest in cleaning things up, his lights were on tonight so we hope he will get those tires removed this weekend.

[ElysianWort]

Anyone know the purpose of the 2 inch strips of cloth that rest in the water and wick up to the rim, in the mosquito trap design mentioned earlier?

[Stizz]

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Originally posted by ElysianWort

Anyone know the purpose of the 2 inch strips of cloth that rest in the water and wick up to the rim, in the mosquito trap design mentioned earlier?

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That is to serve as a "landing pad" for the mosquitos, since they will not lay eggs on the smooth surface of the bucket. And hopefully they will pick up some of the ant poison in the meantime and die soon.

[Punatic007]

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Originally posted by ElysianWort

Anyone know the purpose of the 2 inch strips of cloth that rest in the water and wick up to the rim, in the mosquito trap design mentioned earlier?

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It's a landing pad and walkway down to the water to lay their eggs, if they spend 10 seconds on it they will die but not immediately.

[ElysianWort]

ah clever, thanks. [8D]

[Van]

Hi all, I wrote the http://makemosquitotraps.org site. Sorry it has no pictures yet, just no time. A video would be great too. Am looking for help with that.

Very interesting to hear about the bromeliads experience - fabulous that you are finding a treatment that works without killing them all! Lots of people have asked me about that.

Re the old tires, hopefully you can get the owner's permission to treat them (let me know if you want ideas for treatments). I'm afraid mosquito traps won't help you if you can't deal with this mosquito factory.

Feel free to send me email if you have questions. (Click my name at the left I think).

Van

[hotinhawaii]

The Kalapana Seaview Neighborhood Watch Committee is going to be holding trap making workshops every Sunday at 10 a.m. across from the mailbox area. Anyone is welcome to attend. They will have instructions and provide assistance in making traps that work that were designed by Van Eden, a neighbor. As a neighborhood, many of us are involved in trying to eliminate the threat posed by mosquitoes here. We have had at least one confirmed case in Seaview which was contracted very locally.

[Carey]

PBS Insights is having a segment on Dengue tonight (Thurs..12/17) & I sent this note to them on the possibility of bringing in the In2Care Mosquito traps to Hawaii

"In researching for products to use around our house, I found the
In2Care trap system that is being used in Mexico, Central & South
America,, and am wondering if anyone in the state or county is working
with the feds for provisional approval of this system in the Hawaii
outbreak. I posted this information and these links yesterday on the
Hawaii Dengue Fever Awareness FB page:

"Not sure if anyone is looking at this mosquito trap, but it allows
the female to spread larvaecide, and has an anti dengue component...:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j--fiuLp54
The US EPA testing is still ongoing, but is available in the
Carribean,Central & South American countries through:
http://univares.com/in2care

From the research test paper, "This ovitrap is a promising new tool in
the battle against Dengue. It has proven to be attractive to Aedes
aegypti mosquitoes and effective in contaminating these with Beauveria
bassiana. Furthermore, we show that the larvicide pyriproxyfen is
successfully disseminated to breeding sites close to the trap. Its low
production and operating costs enable large scale deployment in
Dengue-affected locations."(Snetselaar et al 2014)
http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/7/1/200

I used to do intern field vector research in Illinois for a major
environmental company - and was there during the early West Nile
infestation, I am not in any way affiliaed with anything happening
here."

[eigoya]

Just curious, when you say "contracted very locally" I wonder what kind of quarantine and spraying was done? Besides spraying nearby " public places" I don't actually see what the County is doing to decrease the spread of infection. I am flummoxed as to how little, besides common sense "fight the bite" precautions, are taken. I have made numerous traps, but have yet to see a mosquito in one. I live in a "jungle" here, but I don't think eliminating risk is a straightforward as reported....I will try to get to Seaview this weekend.