skeeters

[pomchop]

HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP:

Items needed:

1 cup of water

1/4 cup of brown sugar

1 gram of yeast

1 2-liter bottle

HOW:

1. Cut the plastic bottle in half.

2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle.

3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes.

4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the other half of the bottle, taping them together if desired.

5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the color black.)

Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.

[Garry]

Ingenious simplicity

[Manassas]

Pomchop - thanks for this tip. I've been cleaning up my lot removing stagnant water - like old coconut shells etc. If you use traps and get rid of standing water can it really make a noticeable difference?

[sceadugenga]

The fact that you can produce piles of the wretched critters' corpses could make a considerable psychological diffeence.

[Manassas]

The fact that you can produce piles of the wretched critters' corpses could make a considerable psychological diffeence.

I'll settle for a psychological difference. A placebo effect is still an effect

[kevvy]

mmmmmm...possibility a good marketing idea with a little touch up. I like the idea Pomchop.

kevvy