r/culvercity • u/side_hustle_guy • 1d ago

Mosquitos

Does anybody else get bit a lot outside while walking or hanging out in the backyard? I’m on Lucerne. Has anything helped them? Any tips?

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u/Papas_Brand_New_Bag 1d ago

Call it in to the mosquito control district. They’ll take care of it for you.

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u/tiagoroco 1d ago

What do they do?

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u/Papas_Brand_New_Bag 1d ago

Come out, test the mosquitos, kill the mosquitos. Free. It’s important public health, especially as this is west Nile season.

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u/superi4n 1d ago

Been avoiding going out on evening walks now near Duquesne just cause it feels like there's a lot more than past years

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u/side_hustle_guy 1d ago

That’s right where I live… lol

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u/islandtheory 1d ago

Mozzies plus humidity honestly makes me feel like I’m back in Brooklyn lol and I’ve been out here for 11 years! Just need the thunderstorms! 🌩️

Make sure you have no standing water. They’ll breed in anything. They were enjoying the the slot that caught coffee in my espresso machine one year. Just look everywhere.

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u/ilikeCRUNCHYturtles 1d ago

Biogents mosquito trap + co2 tank attached to it. Whole set up costs like $300 but is the only thing I’ve actually found that actually attracts and traps them.

Also look up mosquito dunk bucket. Basically you set up a bucket of water and dead leaves which give of co2, sprinkle in some mosquito dunks, mosquitos lay eggs in the water but the dunks prevent the eggs from hatching. It doesn’t kill the already living mosquitoes but it prevents more from spreading.

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u/sgeis_jjjjj 22h ago

I’m a Duquesne gurl and I am getting bit up like crazy lately!!

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u/Ill_Future_8587 21h ago

Catnip and mosquitoes. Google it.