Best and cheapest solution is to convince the boat/house next to you to use a mosquito trap, DIY or propane powered. That way all the bugs go hang out with the people next door.
Saw this mosquito solution on tv looks perfect for boat.
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The experiment is under way! Water, sugar, yeast, check check check. For my part, I can't IMAGINE this being effective enough to make a difference. But I can't resist a good science experiment, especially when it involves killin' skeeters.
Plus I figure when the experiment is done, I can always strain out the dead bugs (if any) and chug the contents of the bottle!
Ok, Gene how is the experiment going? We all are expecting a graph with daily skeeter counts.
48 hours, not a skeeter in it. The area where I placed it, I got eaten alive just taking this picture.
EDIT: Shall I go ahead and drink it?? LOL
EDIT: Shall I go ahead and drink it?? LOL
curious but how did the leaf get into it? Unless it fell in when you put the top on with the top of the bottle upside down on it shouldn't be able to get in.
Anyway doesn't look like it worked, to bad cause it looked like a cheep way of makin a skeeter catcher.
You didn't use splenda did ya? hehe And I'm sure you used warm water for the yeast.
blahhhh oh well I just wanted it to work I like home made good fixes.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Plastic-Bottle-Mosquito-Trap
ok how bout this got a mouse? Try this it works I've tried this one
anyway so be it it has been tried and apparently failed
Anyway doesn't look like it worked, to bad cause it looked like a cheep way of makin a skeeter catcher.
You didn't use splenda did ya? hehe And I'm sure you used warm water for the yeast.
blahhhh oh well I just wanted it to work I like home made good fixes.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Plastic-Bottle-Mosquito-Trap
ok how bout this got a mouse? Try this it works
I've tried this one anyway so be it it has been tried and apparently failed
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Yeah, the bottle top was inverted like a funnel, that's how it's supposed to be.
Cool mousetrap! This subject reminds me of back when there were no effective flea treatments, and people would make a 'flea trap' using a wide baking pan with some soapy water in it. Put it by the wall with a night light over it. The fleas came to the light, jumped in the pan and drowned. It would catch hundreds of fleas ... but still not put a dent in the population.
Cool mousetrap! This subject reminds me of back when there were no effective flea treatments, and people would make a 'flea trap' using a wide baking pan with some soapy water in it. Put it by the wall with a night light over it. The fleas came to the light, jumped in the pan and drowned. It would catch hundreds of fleas ... but still not put a dent in the population.