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robertmiles
Senior Cruncher US Joined: Apr 16, 2008 Post Count: 445 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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You might be interested in animals that like to eat mosquitos, such as some types of bats and some types of birds.
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Sekerob
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Lucky we(me mostly), a family of bats are living in our garage and at many domiciles attics in the region. Ours hide in the a deep dark dead corner of the gardening equipment store under the stairs. This year they've been out from at least 3 weeks earlier than normal and still foraging mostly shortly after dusk competing with the swallows for a wee bit. No winter here, so all kinds of bugs, flies and mosquito broods are surviving the winter in larger numbers. Fortunately in the unfortunate, very very few stationary water puddles.... and the anti-zanzare on all doors and windows has made a big change for me who's got the sweetest of blood.... near bite free this year.... they hate pineto trees too. Italy used to be plastered with them, but as progress went, only small strips are left. Got 2 big ones in the garden, south side shading the house nicely in summer.
----------------------------------------http://thepinetree.net/index.php?module=annou...r_op=view&ANN_id=8155 DEET – Apply insect repellent containing the active ingredient DEET (N, N-diethyl-meta-toluamide), Picaridin, or oil of lemon eucalyptus containing insect repellents should be applied when outdoors. Follow directions on the package. • DRESS – When outdoors, wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts and other protective clothing. • DUSK and DAWN – Avoid spending time outside at dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most active. Wear long sleeves, pants and socks at dusk and dawn. Exclude mosquitoes from your home with tight fitting screens on doors and windows. • DRAIN – Eliminate all sources of standing water on your property to reduce mosquito breeding. Sources may include children’s wading pools, empty flower pots, buckets, barrels and other containers. Horse owners are reminded to make sure that their horses are current on immunizations to protect them from West Nile virus. The Vector Control Program of the Environmental Health Department offers mosquito control services. These include mosquito fish and limited spraying for mosquito control. “The public is encouraged to report swimming pools with green standing water as a mosquito breeding source,” recommended Brian Moss, Environmental Management Agency Director. Unattended pools in unoccupied homes are a source of mosquito breeding and need to be sprayed. The Vector Control Program can be reached at 209-754-6383 or at www.ccvector.com for assistance with reducing mosquito breeding areas.
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Dataman
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These work great!! You can build them from scraps for almost nothing. Mine are almost always occupied. Not sure what the species is ... when I lived in SoCal we had a lot of Mexican Free-Tail bats.
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retsof
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1,500,000 Mexican Free-Tail bats live under the Congress Avenue bridge during the summer in Austin, Texas. A construction quirk left a lot of bat-sized gaps in the bottom.
----------------------------------------Each one eats an amazing 1/2 their weight in mosquitoes and small insects nightly. We love 'em. That translates to something between 10,000 pounds of bugs early in the season, to 30,000 pounds of bugs when it's mothers and babies going at them...NIGHTLY. One of the pictures is of our rotating bat sculpture. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=austin+bats&gbv=2
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GB033533
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retsof, that sounds fantastic! I've never seen more than one or two bats at a time, and that's pretty exciting, so I think 1.5m might be a bit overwhelming! I'll add Austin TX to my list of places to visit.
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littlepeaks
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Lucky we(me mostly), a family of bats are living in our garage and at many domiciles attics in the region. Sek-- When we lived in Italy (1974-1976), they sold these little tablets at gas stations, that you put on a small heating pad (about 2" x 2") to get rid of mosquitos. I don't know what was in the tablets, but we never saw another mosquito in our home after we bought one. They were very cheap (about $6.00) |
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1,500,000 Mexican Free-Tail bats live under the Congress Avenue bridge during the summer in Austin, Texas. A construction quirk left a lot of bat-sized gaps in the bottom. Each one eats an amazing 1/2 their weight in mosquitoes and small insects nightly. We love 'em. That translates to something between 10,000 pounds of bugs early in the season, to 30,000 pounds of bugs when it's mothers and babies going at them...NIGHTLY. One of the pictures is of our rotating bat sculpture. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=austin+bats&gbv=2 In North Austin, there is another bat bridge as well. There is a bridge right before the the Hwy 620 and Hwy 79 exits on North I-35. That bridge has a small colony. Not nearly as big as the 1.5 million in South Austin but large enough that I can see the swirl of hundreds of bats rise up when driving in the rush hour traffic just before nightfall. Someone else said they wanted to come to Austin to see the S Congress colony. Around Labor Day weekend (although it might move next year) there is an annual Austin Bat Fest that you can attend. Food, music, and bat related art. It's well known and attended here. Here's a link: http://www.roadwayevents.com/RoadStar/Events-cat.asp?media1Id=1323 [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Feb 13, 2009 4:42:59 PM] |
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Glen David Short
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In the center of Sydney you see giant Moreton Bay Fig trees covered in squealing bats so loud you need to cover your ears. At dusk they swarm in tornado-like formations before they land. Once regarded as vermin, farmers are now appreciating their role in insect control and pollination. One farmer tried to scare them off his property not with a shotgun, but bagpipes:
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retsof
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1,500,000 Mexican Free-Tail bats live under the Congress Avenue bridge during the summer in Austin, Texas. A construction quirk left a lot of bat-sized gaps in the bottom. Each one eats an amazing 1/2 their weight in mosquitoes and small insects nightly. We love 'em. That translates to something between 10,000 pounds of bugs early in the season, to 30,000 pounds of bugs when it's mothers and babies going at them...NIGHTLY. One of the pictures is of our rotating bat sculpture. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=austin+bats&gbv=2 In North Austin, there is another bat bridge as well. There is a bridge right before the the Hwy 620 and Hwy 79 exits on North I-35. That bridge has a small colony. Not nearly as big as the 1.5 million in South Austin but large enough that I can see the swirl of hundreds of bats rise up when driving in the rush hour traffic just before nightfall. Someone else said they wanted to come to Austin to see the S Congress colony. Around Labor Day weekend (although it might move next year) there is an annual Austin Bat Fest that you can attend. Food, music, and bat related art. It's well known and attended here. Here's a link: http://www.roadwayevents.com/RoadStar/Events-cat.asp?media1Id=1323
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