Thread: Any of you guys/gals have a bat house?

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Richard I know what you mean. Mosquitoes have dining preferences. If I'm alone in the house, they go for me, but if the wifes around, it's open season on her...she's sweeter in their opinion!
I've had luck with skin so soft in mild areas, but while working in the Florida Keys, and Everglades, nothing but the highest DEET content will keep them off you. The Deet was so high it would melt the plastic on your watch. And if you missed a spot with the Deet, they'd find it in a heart beat! When we were kids, we used to take B complex, which creates an ordor on your skin that repells them a little. We experimented, and some took it, some didn't, those who didn't got bit quite a bit more!
Worse than the squeeters is the no see umms. Damb those guys! They get through screens!

Originally Posted by stovens

Richard I know what you mean. Mosquitoes have dining preferences. If I'm alone in the house, they go for me, but if the wifes around, it's open season on her...she's sweeter in their opinion!
I've had luck with skin so soft in mild areas, but while working in the Florida Keys, and Everglades, nothing but the highest DEET content will keep them off you. The Deet was so high it would melt the plastic on your watch. And if you missed a spot with the Deet, they'd find it in a heart beat! When we were kids, we used to take B complex, which creates an ordor on your skin that repells them a little. We experimented, and some took it, some didn't, those who didn't got bit quite a bit more!
Worse than the squeeters is the no see umms. Damb those guys! They get through screens!

I first came across the skin so soft about 20 years ago, it seemed to help but that was in the city. Where we live now is a different ball game, I must have awful bad blood or what ever is best for them, they get on me like stink on sh-t. When you can't get outside, when you wait for the Weather to change it gets frustrating. The only way you can be in the garage a night is to have the doors shut and it's 90 degree's with 90 percent humidity. Even with the doors shut they will find a way to get in. They like to get you just under the eye when you have both hands working with something. If someone had a good remedy other then DEET, I would be all for it. Ticks, and Fleas are bad also. If they could come up with something for people like Cats, and Dogs I would be the first to try it.

Richard

I have also read that certain plants in your yard can repel bugs. The skeeters here are also BAD it seems like nothing works some times and there freaking big. Some times it feels like the getting a injection from the doctor..... You can feel the needle going in. Main thing is to make sure there is no standing water. I did not think of the Gutters also like stated above. I do think most of the problem comes from the small pond thats about 100 yards from my house though. Maybe Ill jump the fence and dump a load of those mesquito eating fish????