Travis and Michelle Fitzgerald's blog

It works!

It has been 2 weeks since we started up our Mosquito Magnet. I emptied it twice (once last weekend and once a few minutes ago). The first time I estimated that there were 50-100 dead mosquitos in the net. The second time, I estimated that there were ~200 in there. Wow. It certainly is catching them.

I must note that as I was emptying the net, a few minutes ago, I was attacked by 3 or 4 of the buggers. So emptying the net will be a risky task, but worth it, I think. But this proves that we really need to move it somewhere else in the yard. 6 feet away from the back door just isn't a good idea.

But on the deck, there aren't any mosquitos. I sat out there a couple of times last weekend, with no mosquito bites. The battle for our yard is nearly won!

And, for a bonus, I was able to positively identify the species of mosquito around here. It is, indeed, the Asian Tiger mosquito. They are black with white stripes, but I normally couldn't tell that much because the only time they were still enough for me to look, they were smooshed...and consequently looked like a black (and sometimes red) smudge.