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If you are inside, set up an oscillating fan. They can't fly well in windy conditions.
Was watching a video where one place they rest is under the leaves of plants. Yiu can buy mosquitoe killer spray, but be sure to get underneath the leaves.
As others have mentioned, standing water is bad. They can survive and thus breed in a LOT smaller volume of water than people realize.
This is real.
We setup a largish fan outside near our fire pit, attached to an inverter powered by a power tool battery.
It dramatically reduced the mosquitos. A few will still make but for the most past it solved the issue.
The smoke from the fire pit also helps in keeping them away.
One can also plant lavender and catnip and some other plants which mosquitos don't like.
I just use a electric racquet
Mosquitoes are attracted by propane gas or so I remember reading. There's a propane-based mosquito trap that might work. That said, I must be filet mignon to them because they will bite me even through deet.
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lemon eucalyptus oil, DEET
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fungus Metarhizium Brunneum. MosquitoMate, Wolbachia Fast Card Paperfuge, Chembio Diagnostics Rapid Assessment Malaria test, Abbott RealTime Zika test
Elephant mosquito good
basil, lavender, lemongrass citronella, lemon thyme, lemon balm, mint, rosemary, garlic chives, chrysanthemums, marigolds, petunias, lantanas.
build Ovillanta egg tire trap. or Spring Star black bucket hay glue trap. 2x 20' cm tires water release at bottom. put tire on wall, tree bug smell lactic acid CO2. wood floats on water 2x times/week, paper strip removed. bug eggs burned or poisoned with alcohol youtu.be/s2gQ_Y30EaM youtu.be/v1jgLuA_Rko