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Mozzies

Posted: Wed May 6, 2020 4:05pm
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Ginger

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I don’t know about others but I have noticed the mosquitoes are back with a vengeance. All the rain has left the stagnant water they love so we’ll to breed in. Now a couple of weeks later they are there all sizes!

LYNDSEY

Posted: Wed May 6, 2020 10:31pm

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Posted: Wed May 6, 2020 10:31pm

Also my wife has been bitten alive! No spray seems to be working..they are even biting through clothes. We had flies galore when we lived in Sucina next to a fertiliser plant. Don’t know what is worse. At least the flies didn’t bite us. We heard Camposol has a mosquito problem..should have taken heed!

Pat70

Posted: Thu May 7, 2020 4:27am

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Posted: Thu May 7, 2020 4:27am

Yes the mozzies are back   We normally sit on the terrace and keep the living room door open but in the last few weeks we have had to keep the door closed when we are sitting out   There is a lot of them about    There is a great mozzie spray in Mercadona  it’s in an orange spray bottle it costs about €2 50 and works

Ginger

Posted: Thu May 7, 2020 8:58am

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Posted: Thu May 7, 2020 8:58am

Pat70 wrote on Thu May 7, 2020 4:27am:

Yes the mozzies are back   We normally sit on the terrace and keep the living room door open but in the last few weeks we have had to keep the door closed when we are sitting out   There is a lot of them about    There is a great mozzie spray in Mercadona  it’s in an or...

...ange spray bottle it costs about €2 50 and works

Will get the spray when I go to Mercadona for the shopping, willing to give anything a try. I keep trying insect repellents and after bites, some work for a while. I wonder why some enterprising soul doesn’t put repellent in paint, polish and other cleaning products?

Mark56

Posted: Thu May 7, 2020 10:12am

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Posted: Thu May 7, 2020 10:12am

If it helps, I got a real handy tip of this forum last year, and I found it to work!! If you do get bitten, as soon as you realise, rub salt on the bite as if your exfoliating. It worked for me!!! I even carry a little sachet salt around with me now.

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PhilTox

Posted: Thu May 7, 2020 10:13am

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Posted: Thu May 7, 2020 10:13am

We've been using a deet free spray called, whimsicaly, Flies Undone, works well for both of us. You can buy a version called Biff in bulk as well for economy. They will ship from the UK.

Bitebackproducts.co.uk

Cat47

Posted: Thu May 7, 2020 1:28pm

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Posted: Thu May 7, 2020 1:28pm

Mark56 wrote on Thu May 7, 2020 10:12am:

If it helps, I got a real handy tip of this forum last year, and I found it to work!! If you do get bitten, as soon as you realise, rub salt on the bite as if your exfoliating. It worked for me!!! I even carry a little sachet salt around with me now.

You’re right. I’ve suddenly this week acquired about a dozen bites. I use vinegar too. Dip cotton wool in vinegar then salt and use as Mark said above. This is after spraying myself with two or three different lemon anti mozzie sprays, none of which seem to make any difference! 

eraser

Posted: Fri May 8, 2020 12:32pm

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Posted: Fri May 8, 2020 12:32pm

HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP:
Items needed:
1 cup of water
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 gram of yeast
1 2-liter bottle

HOW:
1. Cut the plastic bottle in half.
2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle.
3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes.
4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the other half of the bottle, taping them together if desired.
5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the color black.)

Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.


Ginger

Posted: Fri May 8, 2020 12:53pm

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Posted: Fri May 8, 2020 12:53pm

eraser wrote on Fri May 8, 2020 12:32pm:

HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP:
Items needed:
1 cup of water
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 gram of yeast
1 2-liter bottle

HOW:
1. Cut the plastic bottle in half.
2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle.
3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes.
4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the o...

...ther half of the bottle, taping them together if desired.
5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the color black.)

Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.


Going to give these deterrents and bite remedies ago, thank you for suggestions. I keep trying different things, some swear blind lemon works but I haven’t found it so.

yamah1300

Posted: Fri May 8, 2020 1:09pm

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Posted: Fri May 8, 2020 1:09pm

Ginger wrote on Wed May 6, 2020 4:05pm:

I don’t know about others but I have noticed the mosquitoes are back with a vengeance. All the rain has left the stagnant water they love so we’ll to breed in. Now a couple of weeks later they are there all sizes!

People with water buts that are saving water for plants are a big prolem, i left a bowl of water out and in two or three days ther wher mosi larvi in the water just to see how long it would take, filled the bowl with bleach and emptied it, air con units that run into botels, another problem, pools not looked after. needs sorting.

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