mosquitos are eating us alive HELP

canada


Joined: 17/05/2011
Posts: 195

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 07:47

i have order fly screens but they will take 2 weeks to be installed ,last night the mosquitos

ate us alive ,please any advise until the fly screens are installed.living on the 35th floor in downtown toronto

we never expirienced this,

thank you

DR

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 08:14

What makes you think fly screens will keep mossies out?

Geoff

andrew4232



Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 1543

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 08:14

close the windows and spray the rooms !!

Jefferson


Joined: 17/05/2010
Posts: 360

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 08:21

Get a fan or the aircon going. Keep the windows shut.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 08:21

Buy a couple of "VAPE" plug- ins from the supermarkets....

judyr


Joined: 07/07/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 08:28

I was just about to post the same thing. It is not just mossies but also very tiny midges called sandflies - you can hardly see them! I have been to the pharmacist and have now had 2 injections of a product called Kortikosteroid in addition to taking vitamin B1 and still they are biting. B1 has helped me before but not this time. There seems to be an influx of them, not helped by the intermittent rain. Behind us too, there are some half a dozen empty pools with stagnant water in them providing the ideal breeding ground! There must be something out there to stop these vile little things.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 08:33

I understand that in Canada you can buy 'mossie' repellant [rub on/spry on] with a much higher concentration of 'Deet' than in most EU countries - try hikers and campers stores.



You could buy a 12 gauge double-barrel shot gun and a coupla three boxes of ammo - cos you'll need it if your 'mossies' are as big as the ones I saw and experienced when in Canada and Alaska!

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 08:40

Try Vitamin B. Mar mite etc. Or spray yourself with Avon Skin So Soft.

crofter


Joined: 16/12/2008
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Message Posted:
19/05/2011 09:21

judyr



Ask the Belediyesi to look at the stagnant water as they can treat it to prevent it being a health hazard.

judyr


Joined: 07/07/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 09:40

Thanks Crofter - I will do that. Hopefully they can do something but the pools are on a building site.

airy____fairy


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 813

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 09:43

Try the Vape plug ins - the geranium ones work best I find - also the lemon cologne is very effective - spray this in the room and also on yourself to keep them away.

Once flyscreens are fitted dont forget to spray them with mossy spray to keep the sand flies out too!!! they are so small they can pass through most nets!!!

queen


Joined: 04/05/2011
Posts: 42

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 09:52

I went to my fathers village in Büyük Konuk a few years ago.. having many bites on me the villagers told me to apply Raki on my skin....it worked! They drank and fell asleep or most probably died from an overdose!

Also there are large yellow sticky tags sold at Homecentre in the South, any flying insect would stick to it.. Good Luck!

Chegwin


Joined: 24/03/2009
Posts: 775

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 11:28

It is highly unlikely that they are coming in through the windows at that altitude. Mozzies generally stay pretty close to the ground.

Possibly breeding in vases containing water/plants inside or on planters/window box’s located on a balcony?

gotavilla


Joined: 22/04/2009
Posts: 175

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 11:32

Put some VODKA in a spray bottle and spray yourself with that. It's great. Keeps the mossies off when outside in the evening as well. The smell fades away quickly. Or you can put a bit of lavender oil in the vodka to make it smell better. Works for me. Also works to take the sting out of the bites, especially if you've scratched them. Be brave! While they're 'open' spray the vodka. You'll jump up and down but it will make the bite 'ooze' and it seems to kill it off.

Jo Valentine


Joined: 10/02/2008
Posts: 508

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 12:16

Hi

As well as the Vitamin B1 you want a daily garlic capsule. Avon Skin so Soft of course. Any insect repellent that's 50% Deet. Most interesting solution was on this forum previously - turn all the lights out and leave the microwave door open; when enough of the little bastards have congregated, shut the door and zap 'em.

Cheers

Jo Valentine

crofter


Joined: 16/12/2008
Posts: 1035

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 12:24

judyr.....no matter as they will be considered a health hazard and they should treat the water.

tarry67


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Message Posted:
19/05/2011 12:34

judyr

Creep over one night and pour some diesel or paraffin in the pool this will cure the problem and if they are not in use who would worry.

andre514


Joined: 05/10/2010
Posts: 763

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 12:45

flyscreens on all doors and windows look ugly in my opininion,

though the silver ones look the best, they may or may not be effective



last december we were plagued by the blighters, don't they ever hibernate?



a host of suggestions on the thread so far:



flypapers, bought or home-made are effective but more for moths and 'hoppers

and the same problem is supposed to apply to uv traps



have been vacuuming the blighters off the white walls and ceilings during the day,

quite easy to see when they are resting up, this reduces attacks by 50% at night



another suggestion is tape or bead curtains between the rooms,

and you can also buy a folding gauze door-screen by mail order in the uk

canada


Joined: 17/05/2011
Posts: 195

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 18:55

i was told that tea tree oil works very well ,apply on arms and legs and behind the neck before bed time .i will give it a try

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
19/05/2011 20:35

Report the offending pool to the Belediye. Sometimes I'm told it is taken very seriously and a fine dished out as well as the pool being treated.

canada


Joined: 17/05/2011
Posts: 195

Message Posted:
20/05/2011 15:14

tea tree oil works .i put it on last night and was not bitten

DR

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
20/05/2011 16:12

Alsancak Belly certainly used to take stagnant swimming pools very seriously. Three years ago we had to call them out to treat a pool next door. They were up next day, sprayed it all over. Came back the next day and did the same again and came two days later to check there were no further larva or live mozzies. Cost then was about 50tl. Certainly worth a try in your area.



Tango1

canada


Joined: 17/05/2011
Posts: 195

Message Posted:
23/05/2011 20:03

thank you all for your help

DR

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
23/05/2011 23:19

Look for the mossie repellent 'Vape' in the lime green spray plastic bottle - it works well for us!

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
23/05/2011 23:24

Canucks complaining about mossies!



What about all those midges in Ontario and Nova Scotia?



Huge!