Mosquito Magnet

[HoustonHorn]

Does it work?

I have a small area in the backyard with a pool, probably 30' x 20' that backs up to the living room with two dogs. Many times with the doors open to let the dogs in and out, we get a ton of mosquitos outside and inside the house. That needs to stop, so I have been considering installing a spray system that kills the mosquitos and the eggs, but its pretty expensive. If the Mosquito Magnet works, I'd definitely prefer that as an alternative.

Any reviews/comments would be appreciated.

 

[arroyo]

I have one and it seems to work great. My yard is big and has lots of trees and bushes. Before I got the Mosquito Magnet the mosquitos would swarm me as soon as I went out on the deck. Now, I should tell you that I do still see some mosquitos but they are nowhere near what I had before.

 

[ctrl+alt+del]

I always wondered the same thing. I think I will buy two, one for each side of my yard so there isn't the crossover effect. They do use attractant, so you have to take that into account.

 

[arroyo]

I chose not to use the attractant since it actually repels the Asian Tiger mosquitoes. I could probably use another one for the other side of my yard. I guess I'll see how it does over the course of this year and decide from there.

 

[HoustonHorn93]

If you do use some type of attractant make sure that you put it in a far corner of your yard. Most people I know make the mistake of putting it somewhere relatively close to the back deck. All that does is attrach the bugs to you.

A friend of ours has a spray system that works great. Not sure of the brand or cost though. In all the times we've been in their yard, I'm not sure I've ever seen any mosquitos.

 

[ctrl+alt+del]

HoustonHorn93,

Find out the name of that system please. I am extremely interested in finding out.

 

[NickDanger]

I have a Burgess sprayer that seems to work.

 

[ADMIRALSTOCKDALE]

a friend of mine opened a mosquito nix in houston (www.mosquitonix.com). if you're interested, i could get you the name, #.

 

[HoustonHorn]

How much are the systems y'all are mentioning?

Are they similar to www.palmpools.net/Mosquito.htm

The guy who started building my pool left and started this company and now offers this mosquito spraying system...but its pretty damn expensive...probably in the $1,000-2,000 range for my relatively small backyard.