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re: Does the mosquito truck spray really work?
Posted on 9/12/19 at 5:05 am to BengalBlood81
Posted on 9/12/19 at 5:05 am to BengalBlood81
I don't see them much anymore.
I remember seeing what sounded like a turbine powered crop duster flying over the neighborhood ago years spraying what I assume was mosquito spray.
Were those worthwhile?
I remember seeing what sounded like a turbine powered crop duster flying over the neighborhood ago years spraying what I assume was mosquito spray.
Were those worthwhile?
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Posted on 9/12/19 at 5:09 am to C
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I don’t know if it killed the lightenbugs.
Maybe the lightenenening bugs are just hiding from people now? They have more stuff to worry about than when we were kids and lightingening bugs were everywhere.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 5:55 am to BengalBlood81
It's been very effective in eradicating fireflies.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 7:00 am to dragginass
quote:Definitely impacts fireflies. I just call mosquito abatement and have them treat my yard. Way better IMHO.
It kills good bugs
Posted on 9/12/19 at 7:03 am to BengalBlood81
That shite is toxic. I'm surprised they still spray that crap in neighborhoods.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 7:35 am to BengalBlood81
Private companies are affective but the gov’t programs are trash. They don’t calibrate the machines, have effective plans of attack, or even know about the biology/etymology of the bug. They just load up the sprayer and drive. The company in metairie, while paid AF, actually have a pretty effective strategy. I sat through a presentation and while incredibly boring they are very thorough.
Our house has had no problems and if we do, we’ve called and a truck comes by a day or so later.
Our house has had no problems and if we do, we’ve called and a truck comes by a day or so later.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 7:37 am to Bamadiver
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It kills good bugs
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Definitely impacts fireflies
Evidently bees too.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 7:45 am to BengalBlood81
It worked well on the road to New Orleans -- in causing a traffic jam which killed a notable actress some years back
Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:13 am to BengalBlood81
Yes. I used to ride behind it on my bicycle and get one hell of a buzz.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:16 am to RogerTheShrubber
quote:I would have to assume so, I've never asked.
Evidently bees too.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:18 am to LarryDavid
As a kid on a Navy base in Arkansas, the “fog man” would pass and we would run around in it. One time I ran into a telephone pole and got knocked out.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:23 am to OKellsBells
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Could sterilization of female mosquitoes work?
This will totally lead to some sort of inadvertent zombie apocalypse, but seriously, if there's one thing I wouldn't mind going extinct it's the freaking mosquito.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:26 am to BengalBlood81
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mosquito truck
When we were kids we would call it the frick truck. Every time it came into our neighborhood, we would yell fuuuuuck and ride our bikes out of the way. :csb:
Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:41 am to BengalBlood81
I don't think it does based on how I have to apply bug spray to my yard. If I'm having to get the liquid into the grass, bushes, and under shrubbery, how does that shite get under there?
Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:45 am to dragginass
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We need to invest in bats...
My FIL built a badass MASSIVE bat box on a tree at his house in Madison, MS. They live on the water and the mosquitoes were just insane on his dock at night. The tree is like 30 feet from the water so it's a perfect location.
There are so many damn bats in his bat box and it has noticeably reduced the mosquitoes out there. He's planning to build several smaller ones around the property now.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:46 am to BengalBlood81
Works good in Fairhope
Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:47 am to Stealth Matrix
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if there's one thing I wouldn't mind going extinct it's the freaking mosquito.
Had a discussion recently with someone about an article where they were introducing sterile mosquitoes into the environment to halt breeding.
We were wondering what kind of fricked up shite would happen to the ecosystem and food chain if mosquitoes were eradicated. There has to be some terrible downstream impact.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 9:11 am to TheCaterpillar
Only one way to find out.
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