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MICK
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Mosquitos ?
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
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Ok being here is fun to
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I use tequila in a squirt bottle
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Thats alchohol abuse!!
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Bob H
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Mosquitos.... a VERY Spanish word!
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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
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MICK
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So What's the best way to get rid of these pests? Anyone have any remedies that work?
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bajabound2005
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do a search on this website for mosquitos. We just had a discussion about 2 weeks ago.
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MICK
So What's the best way to get rid of these pests? Anyone have any remedies that work? |
DDT 
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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vandenberg
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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.
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vandenberg
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But ,of course, you have to make them sit.
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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.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Bajame
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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!
We all want a peaceful world, filled with love and laughter, but we fill ourselves with anger and hate trying to fiqure out how to achive it.
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backninedan
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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.
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| Quote: | 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?
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Sallysouth
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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!!!
[Edited on 6-27-2006 by Sallysouth]
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bajabound2005
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Might want to check this out:
http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/
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Bajame
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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.
We all want a peaceful world, filled with love and laughter, but we fill ourselves with anger and hate trying to fiqure out how to achive it.
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Best defense that I have found is to cook everything with large amounts of garlic and olive oil.....
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bajabound2005
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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!
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bajabound2005
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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!
[Edited on 6-29-2006 by bajabound2005]
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