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Since the floods, I still have 2 inches of standing water in my lower yard, being outdoors is like working on the Panama Canal. I usually use incense sticks stuck in the ground, and that keeps them away from me, have to spray my clothing, but they find my ears and face. I guess I am officially a swamp yankee. Just thinking of the men who served in trenches and marched through jungles. Humbles my complaining.
Get some mosquito dunks.
He just break them up and pieces, or they have it already and pieces, and you put it into the water. When the mosquitoes lay their eggs in that water, the dunks, keep the lava from being able to grow. So it kills it.
During the monsoon seasons, in Arizona, we would walk our dogs late at night. There will be several areas that would have standing water, and I would notice the mosquitoes would be out in force.
I bought some of those mosquito dunks, and I would throw them into any source of standing water that I could find nearby, while walking her dogs. It really helped.
You can get them online. Amazon.
I saw an ad for them in back of the Farmers Almanac, was thinking about them, yes, we always have mosquitos, I live right across the road from some deep woods, and in early am and at dusk its the worst, but this year due to the floods and the uneven terrain on my property, the water just had nowhere to go, so the back area where it slopes just can't drain, in 35 years, its the worst its ever been, it says its harmless for pets and such, the back is all fenced in for goats and hens, 3/4 acre area, and even the goats are driven back into the barn on high ground. Thank you
Get a thermacell. It runs on some kind of small fuel cell. They make small ones for personal use. My daughter and husband use them when hunting. They also make larger ones for patio etc. If incense works you can get a mosquito mask and I think they make them to go on top of hats. We have discussed bugs before and IDK why I didn't think of all this.
thank you!
I stumbled upon these by chance + the reviews seem quite compelling. I think they're definitely worth a TRY & return in 30 days if they don't work.....
https://www.amazon.com/Ultrasonic-Repeller-Control-Repellent-Warehouse/dp/B0BFPM5BF7/
Your attitude is admirable! And here's hoping that water clears soon.
Maybe a swamp hat, the kind with netting, would help a little (having them buzz by my ears is distracting as heck).