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Best insecticide for adult mosquitos???? bstevens 06-22-2006
Posted by on June 22, 2006, 7:44 pm
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 We live in a semi-rural area - houses 100 yards or so apart - and
have a serious problems with mosquitos bedding down around the house in
shrubs, etc. There's a row of holly (Ilex L.) next to the garage, for example,
if you agitate it with a stick, HUNDREDS of mosquitos come pouring out.
They're also collecting under our deck, and a couple of other places.

I tried spraying the holly (Ilex L.) very thoroughly, inside and out, with a
general purpose insecticide from Home Depot - triazine, something like
that, it was in a red plastic bottle. It had NO effect on the
mosquitos. What can we spray these places with to kill them? How about
malathion? And please, bunny-huggers and anti-pesticide loonies, don't
bother..

Thanks
Ron M. in central Texas


Posted by Mike Robinson on June 22, 2006, 8:28 pm
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 I am not sure where you live, but most of the good stuff isnt available to
consumers for good reason. Contact your county's health dept and see if they
will spray them for free. It is a public health risk.



Posted by on June 22, 2006, 8:51 pm
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Mike Robinson wrote:
> I am not sure where you live, but most of the good stuff isnt available to
> consumers for good reason. Contact your county's health dept and see if they
> will spray them for free. It is a public health risk.

I'm beginning to get that impression. You would think there's SOMETHING
I could just spray some bushes with that would kill them. I'm not
talking about large-scale eradication, just spraying a row of bushes
and under the deck. I know about county agents, but I seriously doubt
that I could pursuade one to come 30 miles out of town just to spray
under somebody's porch.

Thanks anyway, though,
Ron


Posted by Mike Robinson on June 22, 2006, 9:55 pm
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The problem is most of insecticides that are really effective against
mosquitos are highly toxic and require a full exteriminators license.
I hold a half licence and can do everything except what you are asking.
I was just looking and apparently Pyrethrum is a good low toxic insecticide
against flying insects.



Posted by Jim Ledford on June 23, 2006, 12:58 am
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Mike Robinson wrote:

> The problem is most of insecticides that are really effective against
> mosquitos are highly toxic and require a full exteriminators license.
> I hold a half licence

"half license" LOL that's pretty funny.


> and can do everything except what you are asking.
> I was just looking and apparently Pyrethrum is a good low toxic insecticide
> against flying insects.

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