We have a covered porch and deck with a silver blue white ceiling that
is being ruined by insects! We don't turn on any lights at night to
try and keep from drawing them, but still are plagued with bug spots,
spiders trying to catch the bugs. In the daytime the ceiling is
covered with mosquitoes then at night some get in the house every time
the door opens! Do we have to spray poison all over the ceiling to
eliminate them? My mom said to spray a broom with poison and "sweep"
the ceiling with it, but I wonder how often I'll have to do this and
what poison to use. Suggestions, please?

use bug lights. spray the broom with deet. Ingrid

(mypet) wrote:

We have a covered porch and deck with a silver blue white ceiling that
is being ruined by insects! We don't turn on any lights at night to
try and keep from drawing them, but still are plagued with bug spots,
spiders trying to catch the bugs. In the daytime the ceiling is
covered with mosquitoes then at night some get in the house every time
the door opens! Do we have to spray poison all over the ceiling to
eliminate them? My mom said to spray a broom with poison and "sweep"
the ceiling with it, but I wonder how often I'll have to do this and
what poison to use. Suggestions, please?



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Would installing a ceiling fan work? I remember my Dad had one on his porch
in Florida. He said it kept the flies busy. But he could have been pulling
my leg. ; )

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"mypet" wrote in message
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We have a covered porch and deck with a silver blue white ceiling that
is being ruined by insects! We don't turn on any lights at night to
try and keep from drawing them, but still are plagued with bug spots,
spiders trying to catch the bugs. In the daytime the ceiling is
covered with mosquitoes then at night some get in the house every time
the door opens! Do we have to spray poison all over the ceiling to
eliminate them? My mom said to spray a broom with poison and "sweep"
the ceiling with it, but I wonder how often I'll have to do this and
what poison to use. Suggestions, please?

On 24 Jun 2003 07:01:22 -0700, (mypet)
wrote:

We have a covered porch and deck with a silver blue white ceiling that
is being ruined by insects! We don't turn on any lights at night to
try and keep from drawing them, but still are plagued with bug spots,
spiders trying to catch the bugs. In the daytime the ceiling is
covered with mosquitoes then at night some get in the house every time
the door opens! Do we have to spray poison all over the ceiling to
eliminate them? My mom said to spray a broom with poison and "sweep"
the ceiling with it, but I wonder how often I'll have to do this and
what poison to use. Suggestions, please?

Are your neighbors' porches similarly plagued? They would probably be
the ones to ask for advice/experience. I was going to recommend
attracting spiders, but I see those are part of your problem. As for
mosquitoes, is there standing water around for them to breed in?

No standing water, we live in a rather wooded area but we're on the
side of a hill and the birdbath gets emptied regularly along with any
flowerpot saucers that need it. I have asked around and no similar
problems are being reported. The only difference I see is that the
ceiling over the back deck is flat and as you get closer to the house
it forms a kind of a "well" or trough that's about 2 feet higher than
the rest of the ceiling. I'm wondering if they like that protected no
drafts area? That being said, what can I spray these suckers with?
;-)



Are your neighbors' porches similarly plagued? They would probably be
the ones to ask for advice/experience. I was going to recommend
attracting spiders, but I see those are part of your problem. As for
mosquitoes, is there standing water around for them to breed in?

(mypet) wrote in
om:

No standing water, we live in a rather wooded area but we're on the
side of a hill and the birdbath gets emptied regularly along with any
flowerpot saucers that need it. I have asked around and no similar
problems are being reported. The only difference I see is that the
ceiling over the back deck is flat and as you get closer to the house
it forms a kind of a "well" or trough that's about 2 feet higher than
the rest of the ceiling. I'm wondering if they like that protected no
drafts area? That being said, what can I spray these suckers with?
;-)

Before you go the insecticide route, consider switching to Geico ... I mean
gecko ... rent a gecko.

On 25 Jun 2003 14:21:23 -0700, (mypet)
wrote:

(frogleg wrote)

Are your neighbors' porches similarly plagued? They would probably be
the ones to ask for advice/experience. I was going to recommend
attracting spiders, but I see those are part of your problem. As for
mosquitoes, is there standing water around for them to breed in?

No standing water, we live in a rather wooded area but we're on the
side of a hill and the birdbath gets emptied regularly along with any
flowerpot saucers that need it. I have asked around and no similar
problems are being reported. The only difference I see is that the
ceiling over the back deck is flat and as you get closer to the house
it forms a kind of a "well" or trough that's about 2 feet higher than
the rest of the ceiling. I'm wondering if they like that protected no
drafts area? That being said, what can I spray these suckers with?

Hate to say it, but I haven't a clue. I mean, I have a porch (dark
green ceiling) and a bunch of spiderwebs to broom off from time to
time, and moths fluttering around the (fluorescent) porch light at
night, and there are certainly mosquitoes in the area (ocean, creeks,
and somewhat swampy places all within 2-3 suburban blocks), and find
an occasional 'skeeter in the house, but not the accumulation or rush
to get indoors that you report. My best guess is...the paint on the
ceiling. Perhaps others have experiences with light/dark colors to
report. To test this theory, and if the infestation is so heavy you
could really tell the difference, I'd paint a couple of patches (maybe
4' square) with A) another color and B) another formulation.
*Something* is attracting the critters, and as this thread hasn't
gathered a lot of similar experiences, a relatively bizzare solution
may be in order for a unique problem.

In article cc853df3.0306240601.ee53847
@posting.google.com, says...
Do we have to spray poison all over the ceiling to
eliminate them?

If you go the insecticide route cypermethrin would
probably be the strongest repellant to spray on the
areas they seem to gather. Micro-encapsulated
formulation of any general insecticide would be the next
longest residual.
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Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!

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Vacumn ceiling regularly. Change type of paint and/or light color to
dark siding material. Screen in the porch.

Zebrin






Lar wrote in message et...
In article cc853df3.0306240601.ee53847
@posting.google.com, says...
Do we have to spray poison all over the ceiling to
eliminate them?

If you go the insecticide route cypermethrin would
probably be the strongest repellant to spray on the
areas they seem to gather. Micro-encapsulated
formulation of any general insecticide would be the next
longest residual.