what are the benefits will i get when controlling mosquitoes?
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help with keeping disease down, plus not wanting to be troubled with them all summer
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keeps the bugs away, assuming you where running around the forest naked anyway.mosquitos can bite you there.
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Mosquito: 1-2 mg\nHouse Fly: 20 - 40 mg\n\nThese are extrapolated from the references below. You should get more confirmation from other sources.
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bats are beneficial - they kill mosquitoes and other insects so I would suggest you encourage them rather than discourage them - unless of course they are inside....\nI dont know the answer in that case I think everybody is mostly guessing here - would think something that messes up their sonar would be a problem for them or leaving lights on
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Mosquito or frog eggs
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Actually, mosquitoes, as much as I loathe them, serve very much of a purpose. I live in Alaska and, as many of you may know, Alaska is famous for it's salmon. Mosquito larvae make up an extremely large and important part of a young salmon's diet. If mosquito larvae were to disappear from a lack of mosquitoes breeding, many salmon would die. As a result, there would be a shortage of salmon. Bears, eagles, and other animals would die because salmon are a staple of many critters' diets. Also, Alaskan fishing industries would suffer - all because those pesky, buzzing creatures were gone. =) isn't it amazing how everything is connected?
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I believe a mosquito eater is a fish.\n\nCORRECTION\n\nThere is a fish for controlling mosquitoes but:\n\nThe Crane Fly is often referred to as a "mosquito eater" or "mosquito-hawk". It looks like an overgrown mosquito some growing as large as 1 1/2 to 2 inches. Unfortunately they do not prey on mosquitoes.\n\nA picture can be seen at:\nhttp://www.sutter-yubamvcd.org/Mosq-like%20insects.htm
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you know, what you're overlooking is that they probably just \nlike you.  Kind a like that movie where the alien ship is \ndestroying the Planet without knowing it.  I have the same \nproblem with mosquitoes, pleople tell me they just like me.\nOr perhaps my superion DNA.
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Is your mosquitoe ill?? I dont understand.
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dirnk orange juice so that you can prevent it and keep your surroundings away from mosquito
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mosquito coil or maybe mosquito killer
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LOTS OF MOSQUITO REPELLENT!!! You don't want to end up with any weird diseases, especially if you're in a 3rd world country.
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No, this is a myth. Mosquitos are repelled by DEET and a few other chemicals - see below.  They are ATTRACTED by many of our activities.\nUse this list of items and activities that attract mosquitoes as a list of things to avoid or that can be used as bait to lure mosquitoes away from you.\n\n    * Dark Clothing\n\n      Many mosquitoes use vision to locate hosts from a distance. Dark clothes and foliage are initial attractants.\n\n    * Carbon Dioxide\n\n      You give off more carbon dioxide when you are hot or have been exercising. A burning candle or other fire is another source of carbon dioxide.\n\n    * Lactic Acid\n\n      You release more lactic acid when you have been exercising or after eating certain foods (e.g., salty foods, high-potassium foods).\n\n    * Floral or Fruity Fragrances\n\n      In addition to perfumes, hair products, and scented sunscreens, watch for the subtle floral fragrance from fabric softeners and dryer sheets.\n\n    * Skin Temperature\n\n      The exact temperature depends on the type of mosquito. Many mosquitoes are attracted to the slightly cooler temperatures of the extremities.\n\n    * Moisture\n\n      Mosquitoes are attracted by perspiration because of the chemicals it contains and also because it increases the humidity around your body. Even small amounts of water (e.g., moist plants or mud puddles) will draw mosquitoes. Standing water also allows mosquitoes to reproduce. \n\nSome natural repellents include:\n    * Citronella Oil\n    * Castor Oil\n    * Rosemary Oil\n    * Lemongrass Oil\n    * Cedar Oil\n    * Peppermint Oil\n    * Clove Oil\n    * Geranium Oil\n    * Possibly Oils from Verbena, Pennyroyal, Lavender, Pine, Cajeput, Cinnamon, Basil, Thyme, Allspice, Soybean, and Garlic \n\nAnother plant-derived substance, pyrethrum, is an insecticide. Pyrethrum comes from the flowers of the daisy Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium.   All are aromatic oils and can be harmful as well so use with caution.\n\nEET is absorbed through the skin, so it is important to use as low a concentration as is effective (10% or less for children) and as small an amount as is necessary.\nBiting insects use chemical, visual, and thermal cues to locate hosts. DEET is believed to work by blocking the chemical receptors for carbon dioxide and lactic acid, two of the substances released by our bodies that serve as attractants. Although DEET helps keep insects from locating people, there is probably more involved in DEET's effectiveness, since mosquitoes won't bite DEET-treated skin. However, skin only a few centimeters away from DEET is susceptible to bites.\n\n\nAs for garlic, and B vitamins, these really won't help much.
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The mosquito hones in on your CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) when you exhale.  Mosquitos can sense the CO2 from quite a distance!!  \n\nHealth departments and mosquito control companies set traps with CO2 to catch the mosquitos.  The traps consist of dried ice (which is where the CO2 comes from) and a little fan which blows the curious mosquitos into a net trap.  \n\nRemember... use your DEET!
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You can prevent them by wearing mosquito repellant or by not wearing any sweet scented fragrances and stay away from standing water because that is where mosquitos live. As far as getting rid if them I don't know, but you can prevent them from getting bigger and infected by not scratching them (which is hard to do).
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no. its a myth.\n\n_____\n\nMosquito Tips - Bounce Fabric Softener Sheets\n\n\nThe claim is that millions of people in Florida rely on Bounce fabric softener sheets to keep away mosquitoes. True or false, does this really help?\n\nWell first, the only web pages I could find with this claim also made the thoroughly disproven claims about Lemon Fresh Joy and Vitamin B-1/Thiamine. So the fact that they were with other false claims is not very encouraging. Still, sometimes a nugget of truth can hide amongst other deceits.\n\nI did finally get my hands on some Bounce fabric softeners, and waited for an appropriate evening to test them out. Sure enough, reading on the back porch, the mosquitoes descended. I went inside and got 2 Bounce sheets. I rubbed one along my legs for extra luck and then put both sheets on my shoes. The mosquitoes did NOT care at all. They landed right on my legs, flew right past the Bounce sheets, and attempted to eat me just as thoroughly.\n\nI'm afraid the Bounce mosquito legend is a HOAX!!\n\nMosquito Information and Tips Main Page \n\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nhttp://www.lisashea.com/birding/mosquito/bounce.html
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Although Triton X-100 might work against mosquito larvae by breaking the surface tension of the water, or possibly work as a synergist with some other chemicals to increase the cutaneous absorption of other pesticides, it is not an approved use of the chemical.\n\nThere would have to be considerable testing of the product in field conditions before it could be registered, and I suspect that the effects of Triton X-100 against non-target organisms (fish, amphibians, dragonflies etc.) would mean that it would not gain this approval.  The long term effects of pouring Triton X-100 into ponds and ditches would also have to examined.  How long does it stay in the system?  Could it have an adverse effect on livestock or humans that come into contact with the water?\n\nAlso, at $12 a liter or higher, it is far too expensive to use in any kind of large scale mosquito control program.