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Ask HN: Effective way to deal with mosquitoes?

8•simonebrunozzi•1h ago
It's the year 2025. We have crispr-cas9, chatgpt, new missions to the Moon and maybe Mars... and yet, it feels like there's no great solution to deal with mosquitoes. Lasers to fry them? magnetic waves to repel them? What's our there that I don't know?

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RiverCrochet•1h ago
Definitely address any standing water on your property, make sure anything that can collect rain is turned over, covered, or dumped.

I haven't tried this yet, but will next summer:

https://www.northcarolinacharm.com/how-to-kill-mosquito-larv...

phainopepla2•1h ago
I tried this "bucket of doom" approach last summer and if anything it made the problem worse. I was told by someone that at least one of the mosquito species in my area (Southern California) are immune to the mosquito dunks, though I don't know if that's true.
idontwantthis•55m ago
Does the dunk not need to be dissolved in the water to work?
sunscream89•1h ago
Yes. Burn some incense or sage to add a cloaking layer to the air. First walk around like to a ritual and wafe the smoke under ledges or surfaces they like to hide, then let it burn anywhere they accumulate.

Also coconut oil masks the body. As long as you haven’t sweated your smell through your close a light oil topping may buy you several hours of concealment.

cpach•1h ago
There’s actually a YC startup that tries to address this question: https://tornyol.com/
pestatije•1h ago
door/window nets and spray
rolph•1h ago
repair window screens. mitigate standing water, even sippie holes, or derelict party cups. but save your effort if you live near a pond slow stream, or lake.

door discipline, dont keep it open, sweep yourself for piggybackers.

electric mosquito racket.

hunt blood engorged mosquitoes with extreme prejudice. each such kill prevents hundreds more.

al_borland•1h ago
There are some YouTube videos out there where guys attach a screen (or net) to a high powered fan and catch/kill insane amount of mosquitoes.

https://youtu.be/6BhV-o77RqQ

greazy•1h ago
We have effect mosquito control and have had for decades.

We have genetically engineered mosquitoes that breed with wild types that reduce the life span of adult mosquitoes to reduce the spread of disease. We have biological agents that do the same. We have chemicals that stop the larva from developing into adult mosquitos. We have chemicals that can be vaporised to deter mosquitoes. We also have chemicals that you can apply that will stop mosquitoes from biting you (and will melt plastic).

Or just use a fly screen. I built one recently for my awning style window.

Look up thermacell devices and methoprene pelletes

downrightmike•23m ago
I am seeing a huge increase in flies this year following the stoppage of the efforts we normally did south of the border. My god the flies. I have fly bags up, they are working, but there are way more flies.
Wicher•1h ago
Use fans. They don't like flying around in wind and they don't know where to fly to anymore because the fan disperses the CO2 you produce so quickly that there's no gradient for them to follow to the source (you).
easytiger•30m ago
For rooms with closed windows this stuff has in my experience a 100% success rate. (they always manage to get in somehow). Spray the room an hour before bedtime and it eradicates them. Guess it's similar to that stuff they spray on airlines.

It is not a repellent but seems to actively kill them/render them unable to fly [Metofluthrin (Pyrethroid)]

https://www.peacefulsleepsa.co.za/products/in-room-solutions...

alunchbox•8m ago
Whatever happened to that Microsoft project that would use a lazer to destroy the wings off female mosquitos?

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