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To my knowledge there's no stagnant water on my property, I've run water through all my ptraps, and I'm careful to not leave doors open. Yet at any given time there's at least 3 in my house. I can't sleep, i can't sit on the couch, i can't exist in the fear of being sucked dry.

The breaking point is when i watched my dog get bit on her head. I'm ready to do whatever it takes and then some. I will kill a man if it saves me from these demons. Any ideas?

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[โ€“] xylogx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bug zappers dont work too well. A fan can be more effective in some cases depending on your circumstances.

[โ€“] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Please elaborate.

Are you referring to the handheld zapper or the blue light one?

The handheld surely must work? You just need a small enough mesh to create a contact between the two iron "wires"

[โ€“] xylogx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

My experience with a number of bug zappers was that, while they did zap some number of mosquitos, this was not enough to prevent other mosquitos from biting us. On the other hand a good strong fan can act as an area denial defense. Not always easy/possible to have a good strong fan going, so YMMV.