So I'm curious about everyone's experience with mosquitos in The Woodlands these days. Frankly they don't bother me so I don't notice them. After all of these rainstorms, what has been your experience?
As a community service, I have added about 30 guppies to local ponds to eat the mosquito larvae. Those guppies breed more than rabbits, and I don't know what else to do with them....
Does anyone know about the plan to "spray for mosquitos" in The Woodlands this season? I've heard in the past they they have cut down on spraying, focusing more on reducing mosquito habitat such as having neighbors remove standing water in their yards. But I'm bracing myself for quite an infestation with all the rains we've had....
I live around some older buildings with bats that come out at dusk and so far haven't had much of a problem where I live. If we could have more bats, we could help this problem instead of spraying chemicals every where. But we have to get rid of them. Maybe we could train the mosquito to eat fire ants....
@MRStone what an excellent idea! haha yes I agree about the bats. Having natural predators is the best solution. As long as they don't fly in ladies' hair (isn't that supposedly one of their worst nightmares?)
I can't sit on my patio in the summer at dawn or dusk. The mosquitos are awful! The drainage system harbors all kinds of awful stuff. My drains are never dry. They run into s retention pond. I can't see how mosquitos are not breeding in them. They need to be treated. Spraying would certainly help, as well.
Mosquito dunks (donut shape) and Mosquito bits (granular) work pretty well to keep the population from multiplying. HD, Lowe's and Ace Hardware carry them.
@Frankie Those might work for people's houses, but when I walk on paths, I hate to have to spray on tons of mosquito repellent. I am not sure how that is safer than spraying to kill off the mosquito population.
@ToddGalbraith : If you can tie them to something, holding them in place so the next rain doesn't wash them away, it might keep on killing larvae. I do that in the french drains in the yard.