Pest control - Mosquito Magnet?

[RocKKer]

I would love to spend time around the pool outside in the evening however we're next to some wetlands and there are tons of mosquitos and other pests flying around. I also have some other kind of bugs that are very small gnat size flying things that when the house windows are open, they somehow wriggle thru the window screens and end up in the house, buzzing around the lights.

I have heard of the Mosquito Magnets, are they any good? Do they work better then the fashioned bug zappers? Are there any other devices that work well?

[IMherDad]

I've seen the Mosquito Magnet a few years ago. They were showing how many mosquito's it had captured in just a few hours and it was pretty amazing. I haven't not tried one out yet due to the cost but we may purchase one for my wife's dad who lives in eastern Arkansas. They have tons of flooded rice fields and mosquitos that when they bite it feels more like a bee sting.

Sam's Club has one called a Power Trap Plus ($333) and it covers about an acre and half. If it works in Arkansas then it will work anywhere.

[Wayne LaBanca]

I have torches placed around the pool that I fill with citronella lamp oil and it works. I have four placed at intervals around the pool and it keeps the bugs away, also adds a nice atmosphere.

Wayne

[KurtV]

You could also try putting up a few bat houses. Bats can consume an incredible number of mosquitos.

[rmeden]

If it's really bad, you can build a screened room around the pool. That's what is done a lot in FL. Lots of bugs there!

Robert

[CarlD]

Wasn't there something using Dawn detergent as bait?

[dhale1]

Does anyone use a fogger such as Black Flag??

http://www.blackflag.com/products/insect_fogger.php

I was thinking of try one instead of buying the individual cans to spray around.

[MarkC]

I have a Mosquito Magnet and no longer use it. Propane in my area costs $16.00 for a 20 pound tank and that lasts only 3 weeks in the magnet. From what I have seen when I used the magnet for one season it caught mostly some small no see-um type of bugs and very few mosquitos. We now have a bottle of DEET based spray on our bar near the pool and people help themselves to this when the mosquitos are out. That only cost me $5.00 a season and works very well.

[MaryLee]

We've had a mosquito magnet for a few years and it's amazing how many mosquitoes it catches....a ton. However, it can't keep up with the amount of mosquitoes in my backyard at dusk and it only takes getting bitten by 2 or 3 to ruin the "after-dinner swim".

I wish there was a "non-chemical" way to get rid these pests

[ivyleager]

There is a Non Chemical way to get rid, or at least reduce these pests. They are called BATS.