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MICK - 6-26-2006 at 06:19 PM

A while back someone wrote about how to us Joy to make a trap for them but I can't find it. Has anyone heard of this and if so What's the deal
Thanks
MICK

Bruce R Leech - 6-26-2006 at 06:49 PM

I use tequila in a squirt bottle

Tomas Tierra - 6-26-2006 at 08:05 PM

Thats alchohol abuse!!

Bob H - 6-26-2006 at 08:12 PM

Mosquitos.... a VERY Spanish word!

bajabound2005 - 6-27-2006 at 05:23 AM

No, Joy does not work.

http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/dishsoap.asp

Joy of the Great Outdoors

Claim: A few drops of Lemon Fresh Joy (a dishwashing liquid) in a saucer of water will knock mosquitoes dead from the sky.

Status: False.

Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2002]

Pass this on to anyone who likes being out in the evening or is having a cook out.

Here is a good thing for the summer, for those who like to sit and enjoy the out of doors, but don't like those pesky mosquitoes. It was given at a gardening forum.

Put some water in a white dinner plate and add just a couple of drops of Lemon Fresh Joy dishwashing soap. Set the dish on a porch or patio. Not sure what attracts them, the lemon smell, the white color, or what, but mosquitoes flock to it, and drop dead, or fall into the water, or on the floor within about 10 ft.

Works just super!

Enjoy the mosquito free summer!

Origins: If we needed any further proof that we can't always trust the content of unsigned e-mails of dubious origin to be completely accurate, this "helpful" heads-up would provide it. This snippet of misinformation began its Internet life in August 2000, but it wasn't until April 2002 that it began turning up in inboxes everywhere.

Short and sweet, Lemon Fresh Joy (the correct name for this Procter & Gamble product is actually "Lemon Joy," not "Lemon Fresh Joy") does not work a deadly voodoo on mosquitoes ? there's nothing unique to the product that would have this effect.

One potential starting point for this mistaken belief is the relationship between dish soap and mosquito bites. Doctors have long advised taking the sting from such attacks by applying dishwashing liquid to the sufferer's wounds. (Other folk remedies call for the application of meat tenderizer to afflicted regions, but this is not nearly as widely touted as the dish soap solution, and we've yet to see any doctors recommending it.) It's possible the author of the now widespread "advice" misunderstood this connection, afterwards remembering it in a form that transmuted the soap from a bite treatment into a preventive measure.

A few drops of dish soap in a container of water does have its uses against biting insects, but neither because the mixture attracts them nor because a mysterious chemical reaction reaches up and smites them dead. Soap breaks the surface tension of water, making it possible to drown biting critters who would otherwise just bounce off the water and continue their merry lives of feeding on others. Those whose unhappy task it is to flea comb pets quickly learn to keep a pot of such solution at hand to drown whatever is retrieved from Fluffy before it gets loose to bite again.

To understand why dish soap wouldn't attract mosquitoes is to understand the little flying devils themselves. First, the good news: one need only worry about the females of the species, because male mosquitoes don't bite. Male and female mosquitoes both feed on nectar for sustenance; the female, however, requires blood to lay her eggs. It matters not how many male mosquitoes she's been with; without the blood she draws from her victims she will not gain entry into the ranks of mosquito motherhood, so instinct drives her to take a piece out of someone. (That's the bad news, of course: mosquito bites signify that more batches of little skeeters are on the way.)

Female mosquitoes are attracted to carbon dioxide. The more carbon dioxide a person emits, the more likely that person is to be singled out by a motherhood-driven mosquito. Also, the odor of strong perfume or scented soap is another mosquito-magnet. Lemon-scented dishwashing soap neither emits carbon dioxide nor a scent that mosquitoes find attractive, however. (Some gardeners advise spraying a Lemon Joy solution on plants to repel or kill other types of insects, but the solution itself doesn't attract those bugs; it simply keeps away pests who would otherwise land and dine on the unsprayed plants.)

Putting out little platters of dish soap and water won't accomplish the stated goal of creating a mosquito-free environment; it just does nothing in the same very visible way that leaving jars of water on lawns to discourage dogs does. Granted, a mosquito that lands in a dish of soap-and-water solution will be done like dinner thanks to that "breaking of the surface tension" thing, but very few skeeters are going to mistake a bowl of soap-enhanced water for a landing strip. In other words, if you could get them to land in the dish, yes, this would work. Unfortunately, lacking the requisite tiny lit landing wands to direct them in, you'd be far better advised to douse yourself and your guests in mosquito repellent and use your dish soap to treat whatever bites result anyway.

Barbara "sud dud" Mikkelson

Last updated: 2 January 2005

MICK - 6-27-2006 at 06:17 AM

So What's the best way to get rid of these pests? Anyone have any remedies that work?

bajabound2005 - 6-27-2006 at 08:22 AM

do a search on this website for mosquitos. We just had a discussion about 2 weeks ago.

Bruce R Leech - 6-27-2006 at 09:19 AM

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Originally posted by MICK
So What's the best way to get rid of these pests? Anyone have any remedies that work?

DDT

vandenberg - 6-27-2006 at 10:04 AM

Here in Nopolo,at times ,we have a severe musquito problem. For years we sprayed the porches with the regular insect spray, till my better half one day discovered that the leafblower, which we use against the dust created by Loreto Bay, not only blows them away, but the air is strong enough to either kill them or damage their wings enough ,to prevent them from flying again.

vandenberg - 6-27-2006 at 10:06 AM

But ,of course, you have to make them sit. :lol:

comitan - 6-27-2006 at 10:12 AM

Gecko's, but they will or cannot live in your house if you spray. So you have to put up with the Mosquitos till the Gecko's get established, and you will know when, every evening they jabber with each other.

Bajame - 6-27-2006 at 11:43 AM

To keep them off you use secret deodorent on your neck and face and arms. They can't stand the stuff! Tried it out of desperation and it worked!

backninedan - 6-27-2006 at 12:29 PM

There are CO2 generators available that claim to be able to keep a half acre or more free from mosquitos, no see-ums and other types of nasty biters. They cost about $300 and use propane as fuel. The bugs are attracted to the CO2 and are trapped at the unit, at least so they claim. Even if it doesnt work, you can use it to feed CO2 to your hidden gardens.

bancoduo - 6-27-2006 at 12:35 PM

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Originally posted by backninedan
There are CO2 generators available that claim to be able to keep a half acre or more free from mosquitos, no see-ums and other types of nasty biters. They cost about $300 and use propane as fuel. The bugs are attracted to the CO2 and are trapped at the unit, at least so they claim. Even if it doesnt work, you can use it to feed CO2 to your hidden gardens.

Are you the one who started the Sadona fire? :lol:

Sallysouth - 6-27-2006 at 01:22 PM

Dang Bajame! Now you tell us! That must be the reason why my armpits were the only place on my body not covered with bites a year or so ago while staying in Juncalito for some months!And I used Deep Woods Off!!! :fire:

[Edited on 6-27-2006 by Sallysouth]

bajabound2005 - 6-27-2006 at 03:07 PM

Might want to check this out:
http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/

Bajame - 6-27-2006 at 09:42 PM

Not the spray on type, don't know if that works. I tried the rub on stuff. Also that oil you can get at health stores called Penny Royal it's an oil that you add to skin so soft ect, No seeums and other pest don't like it! Its from the mint family.

bajaguy - 6-28-2006 at 07:59 PM

Best defense that I have found is to cook everything with large amounts of garlic and olive oil..... :lol:

bajabound2005 - 6-28-2006 at 08:17 PM

Just bought these Baygon plug in things that supposedley work for 8 hours which would get us through the night...trying them tonight; will report tomorrow!

bajabound2005 - 6-28-2006 at 09:35 PM

interesting directions - don't use in the cocina - or around food or clothing...doesn't leave much now does it other than the bathroom? Well, we plan to use it in the bedroom to save our asses (oops, can I say that?) from being bitten to death....the box says it's safe for humans and our mascotes, just not around food and clothes. Go figure that one!

If we're still alive tomorrow we'll let you know! :bounce:

[Edited on 6-29-2006 by bajabound2005]

Debra - 6-29-2006 at 01:36 AM

One thing not mentioned, only the males make the buzzing sound, so if you DON'T hear anything, that's when you need to take cover!

Debra - 6-29-2006 at 09:21 AM

Don't remember exactly, one of the Animal Planet shows. I assume that the reason would be so the female (which was stated above) who needs blood to reproduce, it gives her a sneaky attack.

What I've always wondered is, pressuming there is a Eco reason for every creature on the planet.........just what on Earth is this critter good for! :?:

vandenberg - 6-29-2006 at 09:54 AM

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What I've always wondered is, pressuming there is a Eco reason for every creature on the planet.........just what on Earth is this critter good for! :?:

To spread disease so to get rid of some excess humanity :lol:

bajabound2005 - 6-29-2006 at 09:58 AM

Well, the swallows like them. And fish like them.

Pleased to report that we are still alive after a night of using the Baygon plug-ins. More importantly, neither of was bitten at all last night. So natural or not, these things seem to work. We bought it at Commercial Mexicana for $31.70 pesos. It's called Baygon Plaquitas. There are 10 uses per box, each use last 8 hours.

Bruce R Leech - 6-29-2006 at 10:00 AM

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Originally posted by vandenberg
What I've always wondered is, pressuming there is a Eco reason for every creature on the planet.........just what on Earth is this critter good for! :?:

To spread disease so to get rid of some excess humanity :lol:

lots of different creatchers survive by eating them. but you would think that in this day and age they could come up with a synthetic replacement food for them. :lol:

Anybody remember

neilmac - 6-29-2006 at 10:13 AM

the old Shell No-Pest strips? They'd kill anything - people too, I guess.

Neil

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Originally posted by bajabound2005
Just bought these Baygon plug in things that supposedley work for 8 hours which would get us through the night...trying them tonight; will report tomorrow!

I've seen those, but the thought of breathing that stuff... yuck.

--Larry

longlegsinlapaz - 6-29-2006 at 11:24 AM

Re: The Mosquito Magnet........There's a perfectly fine one sitting here in La Paz....for which I had to pay a total of about $775 to purchase & import here. Make me an offer!! Feel free to read the unspoken words as my personal opinion of the advertising skill of the company & the efficacy of the product!

Bruce R Leech - 6-29-2006 at 12:27 PM

dose any one know if having Danga Fever once gives you any immunity to getting it again? :barf:

Al G - 6-29-2006 at 09:30 PM

This may not work when it's 104 degree, but I have found that when I spray the sheet I sleep under very,very lightly and I mean the quickest one pass spray, you will not be bitten. We tested this last trip and the other two guys looked like they had measles of the forehead! :lol:

By Spray I mean mosquito spray and I'm sure Off will work.

elizabeth - 6-30-2006 at 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
dose any one know if having Danga Fever once gives you any immunity to getting it again? :barf:

I only know the answer to your question because I saw the question, was curious to know the answer. I was doing just about anything I could do to avoid work, so I googled it! Here's what I found:

"Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are viral diseases transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, usually Ae. aegypti. The four dengue viruses (DEN-1 through DEN-4) are immunologically related, but do not provide cross-protective immunity against each other."

As for spraying sheets, etc. permethrin works. Don't know for sure how safe it is, but if you spray clothing or bedding it will last through several washings.

vandenberg - 6-30-2006 at 11:22 AM

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"Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are viral diseases transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, usually Ae. aegypti. The four dengue viruses (DEN-1 through DEN-4) are immunologically related, but do not provide cross-protective immunity against each other."

So Bruce,if you get it again, you know you have a different variety.

Bruce R Leech - 6-30-2006 at 11:39 AM

Bummer I don't want to ever go through that again. I really don't think I would survive it a second time. I barley got through it the first time.

CaboMagic - 6-30-2006 at 02:39 PM

Hi Nomads ...
Anyone ever try a product called Crocodile?
http://www.mosquitosolutions.com/crocodile.html There is a product review from David Eidell .. he also mentions the penny oil product ..
I rarely get bit - squitos dont like me and thats just fine - but Tommy does terribly .. looking for a more natural and effective product if there is such a thing.
Bruce we are sending a baja pak down .. need anything that can fit in a small tote?

Oso - 6-30-2006 at 06:55 PM

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Originally posted by Bruce R Leech

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Originally posted by vandenberg
What I've always wondered is, pressuming there is a Eco reason for every creature on the planet.........just what on Earth is this critter good for! :?:

To spread disease so to get rid of some excess humanity :lol:

lots of different creatchers survive by eating them. but you would think that in this day and age they could come up with a synthetic replacement food for them. :lol:

Quite simple, really. Mosquitoes exist to make us think better of flies.

Everything you could possibly want to know

bajajudy - 7-1-2006 at 11:00 AM

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/dengue.htm