Author Topic: Mosquitoes (Read 7703 times)

SpaNE · « **on:** August 06, 2007, 08:53:53 pm »

OK...so what does everybody do to prevent them from getting eaten alive by mosquitoes when they go in the tub at night?

:-/

Pesky critters are ruining my nightly soak...

Hot Tub Forum · « **on:** August 06, 2007, 08:53:53 pm »

spaz · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2007, 09:04:47 pm »

I light tiki torches. Be careful not to put them to close to the tub--I've read some have left soot on their cover. They also make a mosquito bomb (by Raid I believe). It's kind of like a flea bomb.

Good luck getting rid of the skeeters!

Gomboman · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2007, 10:49:10 pm »

I'm glad we don't have Mosquitoes in my area. Let us know if you find anything that works......

Dr. Spa� Ret. · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2007, 12:53:31 am »

BATS! Lots and lots of bats.

It's VERY cool to watch them buzz around the hot tub eating those little buggers.

wmccall · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2007, 07:50:12 am »

Do you have a lot of shrubbery close to your tub?

jfish63 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2007, 08:33:53 am »

Try using a box fan to create a breeze. Of course keep it a safe distance away from the tub.

Cyn · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2007, 08:47:26 am »

The fan idea does really work for us and we have a lot of those critters.

SpaNE · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2007, 09:01:54 am »

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Try using �a box fan to create a breeze. Of course keep it a safe distance away from the tub. �

Interesting. Where and how do you position the fan? Do you have any pics?

txwillie · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2007, 09:02:03 am »

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BATS! Lots and lots of bats.

It's VERY cool to watch them buzz around the hot tub eating those little buggers.

Not sure bats do much for the immediate annoyance of the mosquitos, but they are fun to watch. Austin is home to the largest colony of mexican freetail bats in N. America. Most live under the Congress Ave. bridge over Town Lake, but there is another huge colony under the I-35/McNeil bridge in Round Rock. My property has a small wet weather creek at one end and there are lots of limestone caves. We get a few bats in the evenings. Nice to watch the sun set and the bats come out, but by dark they have all moved farther out of town for better hunting.

txwillie

Cyn · « **Reply #9 on:** August 07, 2007, 09:07:38 am »

Doesn't have to be a box fan...we use a fan that oscilates on a stand that puts it at just about the right level when set on the ground...away from water, of course...

Renee · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2007, 09:09:08 am »

Hmmmm.........I'd SO take mosquitos over BATS any day!!

--renee

Vinny · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2007, 09:19:07 am »

Try not to go out at dusk or dawn. Mosquitoes tend to feed at that time. If all else fails and you're sure that they are coming from your property (grass, shrubs) - then chemically kill them.

leaky · « **Reply #12 on:** August 07, 2007, 09:29:05 am »

Move to So Cal where you don't have to worry! A simple, seven-figure solution.....

tony · « **Reply #13 on:** August 07, 2007, 09:29:52 am »

Its amazing the number of moquitos a single bat will eat in a night.

Mosquitos can't fly when there is a breeze so the fan idea works. �Experiment to see where and how high to put the fan.

geekd · « **Reply #14 on:** August 07, 2007, 09:58:53 pm »

I'm with Leaky.

I moved from IL so SoCal in 1993. I knew the weather was better, but the best surprise was when I found out we don't have mosquitoes! (no fresh water lying around for them to breed in)

Of course, the worst surprise is something else we don't have: basements.

As a rock musician, I really miss basements.

-geekd

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