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Have a couple of small, shallow ponds at my camp in the boonies. Two dried up the last two years, killing off most of the dragonfly population. (Takes 'em two years underwater to mature.) We no longer have Combat Air Patrol, fine at our house though. So bad out there that bug spray doesn't work even if you bathe in it. Never had issues before. Because I had dragonflies. I'm sure the 10" of snow, in Florida upset things just a tad. Fucking global warming.

Anyway, searched a bit and everyone wants to sell me a bug zapper. A) I don't have power unless I run a genny. B) Those things are indiscriminate and we humans have nuked the insect population as is.

There has to be some way to attract them into a trap. I know they target mammalian CO2 exhalations, and to a lesser extent, warmth. Seems like there should be an easy way to suck the mindless beasts into a black hole. ?

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

“Mosquito Dunks” in a bucket of water. The water attracts females to lay eggs in the bucket. The “dunks” have a bacteria in them that kills the larva after the eggs hatch preventing further generations from maturing.

I put about a quarter of a disk in each bucket and set them up around the yard in problem areas. Need to add more dunk about once a month.

There is a “Mosquito Bits” which is a granulated version of the same thing that might work if you still have ponds but I’m not familiar with the exact dosage

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

This is a cool solution, I'd never heard of this.

It reminds me of how they deal with mosquitos on an industrial scale, releasing millions of infertile males into the wild to prevent a next generation.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Works great for me in Georgia