Effective Way To Control Mosquito Bites
Before you can solve any mosquitoes problems, you will need to understand about your enemy (mosquitoes) first. They have been around for over 400 million years and that alone show how persistent they are.
No matter where we go on earth, except under the sea or high above the sky, mosquitoes are always there lurking in the shadow, trying to suck your blood when you're least aware.
Why? Because female mosquitoes need blood in order to create eggs. Male mosquitoes only feed on flower nectar.
The best breeding locations for these nasty little blood whores to lay their eggs are places where you can find standing and stagnating water. For example, garden ponds, empty cans, bottles and old tires that are filled with water that doesn't move. When a female mosquito found the perfect spot, they will start laying hundreds of eggs there.
When those evil eggs started to hatch, those baby mosquitoes will live there for about ten days. Yes, it only takes ten days for them to turn into adults.
Once they have become adults, guess what? The female mosquitoes will start attacking you for your blood so that they can start the reproduction cycle all over again.
As you can see, as long as they survive, there is simple no end to this...
Mosquito diseases such as Malaria, West Nile Virus and Dengue Fever are fatal diseases that are transmitted by female mosquitoes and they can cause death to you if you're bitten by infected mosquitoes and not treated soon enough. Mosquitoes are not only annoying but also life threatening!
Why Don't We Just Eliminate Them Once And For All?
Well, if it is that easy, insects such as mosquitoes and cockroaches would have been crushed a long time ago. The only thing you can do however is to reduce their numbers or installing certain devices that will prevent access to your area of living.
As I have explained earlier, female mosquitoes love to breed on places with stagnating water. So, if you have a water garden, aren't you breeding mosquitoes too? Indeed, but there are many things in which you can do to stop those little blood whores from breeding in your pond.
First, you need think like one of them. As a female mosquito, you will not lay your eggs in places with:
Flowing water as you know that your newly hatched baby mosquitoes need to rest on the water surface for a few days to let its wings dry and turn into adults.
Dangerous fishes such as mosquito fish, killifish, goldfish or guppies as they are evil and will eat your poor little mosquito larvaes before they even get the chance to be born into this world.
Nasty insects such as dragonfly because their larvaes or nymphs are a threat to your baby larvaes and the dragonflies will hunt you down as food.
Monstrous animal such as frogs and toads. They are the worst because the tadpoles will eat your babies and the toads and frogs can eat hundreds of your kind in one night.
And that's all a female mosquito can think with its little brain...
As human, you can do much more than that! You can:
Put all those natural mosquitoes predators mentioned above (mosquito fish, goldfish, dragonfly, toads and so on) into your pond to control their numbers naturally.
Add some bacterium such as Bti which will kill them quickly when they eat it.
Put one of those outdoor mosquito killing devices in your garden area so that they will capture and kill the mosquitoes automatically.
Effective Indoor Mosquitoes Control
When was the last time that you got bitten by mosquitoes in your home?
If you have taken all the necessary steps to remove all the breeding spots for mosquitoes, you will no doubt experience less mosquitoes problems in your living area.
Regardless, one mosquito alone is sufficient to annoy the hell out of you!
If you're reading, concentrating on your work, watching Television or movies, cooking, bathing or even sleeping, mosquitoes can really ruin your mood to do anything. There are many things you can do to prevent those nasty little insects from biting you...
Mosquito Insecticide And Mosquito Spraying
All living creatures need to breathe in order to survive. Poisonous air is a very evil method of killing a living creature but most effective against mosquitoes.
Mosquito insecticide or mosquito spraying is a type of pesticides that can kill any flying mosquitoes within the treated area. Some mosquito spraying products are toxic to fish and bees though.
Are mosquito spraying products dangerous to your health? Well, you can't deny that it stinks and smell like poison.
No wonder the mosquitoes died. Regardless, they don't pose any significant risk to human health.
In high dosage, they can affect your nervous system and cause you to have shortness of breath, chest pain, runny nose and coughing.
Just to be on the safe side, it is therefore recommended that you leave the treated area for a moment or seal it by closing the door so that no one will accidentally breathe in those poisonous air.
Mosquito Repellent Coils And Mosquito Sticks
Did you know that mosquito repellent coils and mosquito sticks are designed to be used for outdoor only?
Indeed, some people use these them indoor while they are sleeping, thinking that they will kill the mosquitoes.
In my personal experience, they are quite useless because all they do is to repel the mosquitoes, not killing them. The mosquitoes will keep coming back to bite you of course and you have to sleep through the night breathing those nasty smoke!
They are perfect for outdoor activities such as relaxing yourself in your patios, fishing, camping, barbecues or picnics.
Since they are quite cheap so you can replace them as often as you need to. Just don't expect to kill the mosquitoes though.
A single mosquito repellent coil can burn up 10 hours and a mosquito stick usually last for 3 to 4 hours.
Electronic Mosquito Killers And Mosquito Racket Zappers
The difference between an eletronic mosquito killer and a mosquito racket zapper is mobility. With a mosquito racket, you can kill mosquitoes so much faster than you would with your hands if they are flying around.
All you need to do is to press the button to activate the zapper and just touch the mosquitoes with it. The mosquitoes will be zapped to death instantly and you will hear the satisfying popping sound from the racket and the smell of burned mosquitoes.
Mosquito racket are usually powered by batteries. You can easily recharge the batteries if it is rechargeable.
Some of them have built-in batteries so you can easily recharge it by plugging the racket into the power outlet. The only downside to mosquito racket is that you it cannot hunt mosquitoes on its own, you need to do the killing yourself.
Electronic mosquito killers on the other hand are perfect for killing mosquitoes automatically. Regardless, they don't kill as much mosquitoes as mosquito rackets.
Why? The only way an electronic mosquito trap can kill a mosquito is by luring the mosquitoes with its ultraviolet bulbs. Some of them have a small fan installed to suck the mosquitoes into the low-voltage grid to zap them.
Nevertheless, they are quite OK for killing insects automatically while you're sleeping.
Unlike mosquito racket, electronic mosquito killers require eletricity from a power outlet to operate so be sure to place them in places that are have many mosquitoes.
Mosquito Nets
Mosquito net is a piece of polyester netting that is used for keeping annoying insects from entering the area you want to protect.
Don't worry about suffocating yourself though because mosquito nets have tiny holes that are big enough for air to come in but small enough to prevent the mosquitoes from coming into your sleeping area.
The most common place to install mosquito nets are the beds and the windows. Did you know that you can also install mosquito nets on any place you like since they can be hanged easily from the ceiling?
For example, you can protect your outdoor living space from pesky bugs just by an umbrella mosquito netting. Pretty neat right? You can even install one in the area where you will spend the most of your time so that you can concentrate on your work.
If you want to reduce the overall amount of mosquitoes in your house, you should install mosquito nets on every windows and doors in your house.
If you don't know anything of installing mosquito netting, the whole process can be really time consuming and frustrating. There are so many measurements that you need to do and getting the right materials is another problem. Seriously, it's quite frustrating!
If you have the money, hire a pro to install it for you. If your main interest is to protect the place you sleep, just install a hanging mosquito net over your bed. It's far more cheaper and easier than installing the mosquito nets all over your house. Furthermore, unless you hire someone to do it for you, there are certain windows in your house that are either too high or too dangerous for you to work on them.
In short, those are the most effective ways to control mosquito bites. Nver put the health of you and your family in jeopardy by ignoring the mosquitoes problems you're experiencing now. One of the mosquitoes might be infected with those lethal diseases. Start protecting you and your family now by taking action to control and reduce the population of those nasty mosquitoes now! Don't delay!