wrote in message
ups.com...
We live in a semi-rural area - houses 100 yards or so apart - and
have a serious problems with mosquitos bedding down around the house in
shrubs, etc. There's a row of holly next to the garage, for example,
if you agitate it with a stick, HUNDREDS of mosquitos come pouring out.
They're also collecting under our deck, and a couple of other places.

I tried spraying the holly very thoroughly, inside and out, with a
general purpose insecticide from Home Depot - triazine, something like
that, it was in a red plastic bottle. It had NO effect on the
mosquitos. What can we spray these places with to kill them? How about
malathion? And please, bunny-huggers and anti-pesticide loonies, don't
bother..

Thanks
Ron M. in central Texas


I just read in another group the way to limit skeeters in living areas.

Take a white plate and fill with water. Add a couple drops of Lemon
Fresh Joy dishwashing detergent. Set it away from where people sit.

The skeeters will be attracted to the white dish or the lemon smell or
whatever, drink the soapy solution, and die within 10 feet of the plate.

Pretty easy and cheap to try. Let us know how it works on them Texas
skeeters. ;

Deb
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If *I* ran the world, we'd all face different challenges! ;