Mosquito so many here

By Professor2010

@Professor2010 (20162)

India

June 9, 2010 3:34am CST

It rained last fortnight and last week too, mosquitoes bred so fast. It is difficult to sleep at night, even in day time they are there in less numbers.

The so called mosquito coils, sprays, vaporizer are no more effective, they contain the same basic poison chemical; ‘d-trans Alledrin’ in low concentration, 0.1% W/W, with some perfume added. DDT is also no more effective. I remember the old days. In 1959 the persons from Health Dept used to spray DDT in our homes. When they sprayed in neighbors homes, the mosquitoes, house lizards and cockroaches in our homes died instantly. I usually didn’t allow DDT spray in my home, as the walls look disfigured. But today you dip them in DDT solution, they don’t die. So for driving mosquitoes and rodents I am using ‘electronic’ mosquito repellent, it produces high frequency sound waves, that irritates them. It seems it is useful, better than those having chemicals. The chemicals can harm our health, particularly the baby’s. What is your view on this? Do you have mosquitoes in your home, how you drive them or kill them?

Please share. Professor

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@Lakota12 (42600)

• United States

9 Jun 10

HEre we dont get many misquitos as it dont rain much but we do gt roaches and I have heard that the electronic things work good but I havent bought any yet. I heard tehy have them for inside and outside of the house and isnt hrmful to pets is this true?

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@Lakota12 (42600)

• United States

11 Jun 10

your welcome

@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

You are lucky sister.. Thanks for response. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

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@LeighB (700)

• Thailand

9 Jun 10

Hi Professor, I don't know how you can keep them out of the room but to stop them attacking you and bitting you try eating a diet which has a lot of garlic and chili in it and drinking tonic water. Since I started eating raw garlic once a day the mosquitoes seem to leave me alone.

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• Thailand

10 Jun 10

Hi richnai, Most of my friends eat loads of garlic so it was a case of joining them and reaping the benefits from being left alone by the mozies.

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

Good information, but will it retard the mosquitoes? They may not bite, but will they not come near me? Thanks for sharing. Welcome to mylot.

Cheers.

Professor

@williamjisir (22819)

• China

13 Jun 10

Hello Professor. There flew in a mosquito a few days ago. It is because my screen door was taken off for repairing. Today it is installed again. With the screen door and my screen windows, it is difficult for mosquitoes to fly in unless one flies in at the same time I get into my apartment. Mosquitoes are a nuisance that carry diseases. I have never liked them. Sometimes I use mosquito coils to drive them away if they come into the house.

Take care.

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

13 Jun 10

Thanks for sharing your views my friend. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

@med889 (5941)

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10 Jun 10

I usually put a mosquito web around my bed to prevent them from coming inside, however what I noticed is very strange as when I was sleeping I heard them just very near to my ears,I hate them because they bite and can leaves bacteria too. I have an electric repellent at home and often use it to drive them out or simply to kill them.

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

It is the rapid vibration of the wings that we hear, they don't produce any sound, mosquito net/web around bed is good, but i can't sleep inside, feel suffocated.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

@tigeraunt (6326)

• Philippines

13 Jun 10

dear professor, mosquitoes are really very annoying. mosquitoes seems to be magnetized by me (friends say i have sweet blood and i always get a bite everyday in my life).

while i was young mom always uses mosquito nets when we sleep. but now i feel i could not breath well when it is over me. so i do rely on mosquito repellent, the cream.

have a nice day. ann

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

13 Jun 10

Hi Anny dear Always try to avoid mosquito bite, use what ever you like to drive them away.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

@dorannmwin (36392)

• United States

11 Jun 10

Thankfully they aren't inside our house. However, outside the house is a whole different story. I was outside with my son today for a little over an hour while he was playing in the yard with some toys and then with some friends. In that period of time I know that I got at least twenty mosquito bites that I didn't have prior to being outside. Typically the way that I'm able to deal with this is that I simply avoid being outside in the evening hours because there are far more out during that timeframe.

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

Here too the mosquito population is more in evening hours, it is good if you can avoid being outside.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

@maximax8 (31053)

• United Kingdom

9 Jun 10

Hi there professor. I am sorry to hear that your locality has lots of mosquitoes. I hate to get bitten by mosquitoes and some of them can carry malaria. When I went to Kenya I was worried about the possibility of getting malaria. I used arm and leg bands with deet on them. I put trousers and socks on before the sunset. I visited the Maldives and the house keeping team lit a mosquito coil every evening. I don't enjoy using chemicals. I think that electronic mosquito repellent sounds great. If there are sand flies I put baby oil on my legs when I go to a beach that suffers from them. In my home country we have some biting bugs. We don't have mosquitoes but I have seen them when I have been traveling overseas.

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

Dear Max you travel a lot hence you have more experience, here we have some creams, no chemicals , just herbal they are effecive for few hours.. Thanks for sharing in details. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

@SHAMRACK (8576)

• India

9 Jun 10

Dear friend, We usually use a viberator which makes a certain type of sound and this is very cheaply available in market. Moreover there is no smell or the air is not polluted. Only sound polution for thsoe who do not like that sound. I get a better result from this than any other things I had used. Moreover I hope this electric sound do not do much harm to humans.

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

Yes that is the electronic repellent i am talking of.. Thanks for response. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

@smiley83 (1534)

• Malaysia

10 Jun 10

awh yeah the mosquitoes are literally driving us insane these days..why don't you call the agent that is responsible for spreading the medicine that would keep all types of insects away for 3months in max!! it does help very much..or else try to close the windows before late afternoon or you could even cover the windows with a fixed nets..

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

They are effecive for a month or so, not more, nets i have on the windows.. Thanks. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

@nijolechu (1842)

• Canada

9 Jun 10

WE used to get so many mosquitos and other bugs that would fly into our place during the day time and night time. But once we added some mesh netting screen to the windows there have been fewer bugs. But I do get the occasional mosquito coming in and then biting me. They are the trained ninja of the bug world because they come in and then bite and take your blood without you knowing until you scratch the area. lol. There are many different kinds of mosquito repellent products sold here in my country.

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

Yes they trained ninja, i agree, mosquitos are too clever he he.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

AjaySinghBaghel

@AjaySinghBaghel (5506)

• India

9 Jun 10

Even I remember government people with DDT spray machine but seem that the government has stopped this practice. I was in school when I saw this happening last. DDT is harmful but it was most effective for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes attack mostly in the rainy season and in Pune it always rain only after mid june. I am not in Pune so cannot really say that what is the mosquitoes days there but there were not much in the last season. You can use net to protect from mosquitoes. That is a good way to be safe from such insects.

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

DDT is no more effective, the present generation mosquito are resistant to it.. Thanks for response. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

@candyfairy21 (2039)

• Philippines

9 Jun 10

Bhuwan, You have to get rid of those pests as they carry diseases with them. Buy natural organic repellant. Yes I believe that mosquitoes have now mutated. That is why it is better to use organic and natural means. We have this certain fruit in the Philippines but it is seasonal it's called Lanzons. My dad used to gather the skin of this fruit and then placed it over a small metal container over hot coals and smoke it all over the house. It was effective so far. But then we only have this fruit during the summer season. Also check your house's window screens if there is any hole. If you have not placed screen in your windows put on. Also may I suggest Mosquito nets when you sleep and also get rid of any stagnant water in the house. If you stock water in containers make sure they are well covered. Do not place flowers in flower vases as the water in the vase can become a breeding place for the mosquito. Hope this helps. Candy

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

Candy dear I am aware of the Lanzons, i have seen them during my stay in Davao, but here in india we don't have, i have mosquito nets on windows, there is no stagnant water in my home or near by.. Thanks for sharing in details. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

@keval32 (1096)

• India

10 Jun 10

Well, I am from India, and special when there's rain number of Mosquito increases. Really it's irritating situation when you are about to sleep, and a single mosquito would come and sit on your cheek and about to take its dinner with your blood. I use All Out, it works well, electronic mosquito repellent? Well, I am not familiar with that? Does it work? How it looks like? Do we have to plug in it into electric socket?

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

Allout we use, you can get the electronic repellent machine in electonis shops as well as grocery shops, needs to be plugged in to ac mains.. Thanks .. Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

@Nightshroud (41)

• Romania

9 Jun 10

We have some special pills that when you heat them up they release a smell that numbs them for the whole night...eventually they die of hunger :)

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

I think they have the same basic chemical i talked of.. Thanks for response. Welcome to mylot.

Cheers.

Professor

@ericpapasit (1274)

• Philippines

9 Jun 10

Smoke it with coconut husk.................

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

Yes we add 'dhoop' to coconut husk, the fumes work .. Thanks . Welcome always.

Cheers.

Professor

@shadowluigi89 (173)

• Philippines

9 Jun 10

First thing first, you better gotta check the places where they can actually breed on. Then the next thing to do is to eradicate their reservoir. Afterward, all you gotta do is to do primary precautions by wearing long sleeves, pajamas, and mosquito repellents... I think that would be all i guess...

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@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

11 Jun 10

Thanks for advise I wll try. Welcome to mylot.

Cheers.

Professor