What kills mosquito larvae but doesn't hurt birds?
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Comments (31)Some studies suggest that taking thiamine (vitamin B1) 25mg to 50 mg three times per day is effective in reducing mosquito bites. This safe vitamin apparently produces a skin odor that is not detectable by humans, but is disagreeable to pregnant mosquitoes (Pediatric Clinics of North America, 16:191, 1969). It seems to be especially effective for those people with large allergic reactions. Thiamine takes about 2 weeks before the odor fully saturates the skin. * I copied that from here http://www.drgreene.com/21_36.html I've heard or read that mosquitos prefer nice sweaty skin, and also sweet perfumes and shampoos. we have a HUGE mosquito problem, plus we live on the river. mosquito larvae will live in moist mulch under your shrubbery, they don't have to just grow in standing water. besides mosquitos we have gnats, yellow flies(deer flies) horse flies, and black flies-they look just like the house flies but bite the snotfire out of you-;red bugs,....bleh-there's more! but that's enough to scare you for now :D...See Morethose mosquito spray companies.....hurt the hummers?
Comments (4)Mosquito magnet does work on asian tiger mosquitoes. You have to use the correct bait. We use 2 different kinds in ours. I can't say we are mosquito free, but pretty darn close. I also try to keep standing water dumped. Can't say the neighbors do. :( We keep our trees and shrubs limbed up so there's good air circulation and more light gets into the shaded areas where mosquitoes tend to hang out. It made a huge difference in both places we've lived and done this. I noticed last fall that one of our gutters didn't have enough slope to it and there were spots that held water. When the gutters were replaced after a bad tornado came through I made sure they checked to make sure the gutters would empty. During the summer its not so much an issue because it evaporates pretty fast, but spring and fall it could be a breading ground. Here is a link that might be useful: bait for the asian tiger mosquitoes/mosquito magnet...See MoreWindmill Turbines Killing Birds
Comments (24)[from Washington Post article posted earlier] "For example, before and after large storms, more bats tend to die. On warmer nights when wind speeds are lower, more have died. But researchers do not know why." OK: Point us to the papers! Not to the newspapers, but to the researchers papers! Here are just a couple of "duh" ideas about those patterns of bat deaths. Before a large storm, bats want to eat more (ingesting more per hour than typical) to compensate for unavailable hunting time during the bad weather - so they hunt more aggressively or "recklessly." But of course, subscribing to that requires a way of verifying that the bats sense the oncoming bad weather, and/or somehow respond to anticipated bad weather and food supply fluctuations. (Bears do that, don't they? I believe some humans still do.) Or, perhaps the bats' prey (forget the bats) sense the oncoming bad weather and seek cover or more stable structures, so they cluster more around the turbines, which draws in the bats and increases collision risks. After bad weather, similar ideas: bats are hungry and hunt more aggressively, and/or many bats are weakened or stressed by the weather that just passed, and regardless of how aggressively they hunt, they're just more prone to run into things. The warmer night/lower wind "anomaly" presented the biggest "duh" to me: on warmer nights with light winds, it just makes intuitive sense that more prey are out and about, thus probably more bats too. It becomes a simple case of probability - just like more people in the US are killed in car accidents around holiday times. Ahhh, the "Poshington Waste"...as trusted by some as "Faux News" is trusted by some others....See MoreOoops, killed my kid's birds trying to sell house!
Comments (56)Hello, I am Monica Sudds. I would like to respond to this string of messages. Quote: "Monica spoke with Lee Langsly in the medical issues department of SC Johnson Wax, the maker of Glade Air Products. He was quite helpful and showed concern. He also cautioned that there are warning labels about pets on some of their products." This statement is NOT my words. This part of this article is completely incorrect. Do Not use this information above as a quote from me. He never said anything at all about pet warnings on products! Yes he tried to absolve the company of wrongdoing. It was I who requested testing. Lee Langsly, not only, did not say there were proper warnings on the products, he said they would NOT PUT THEM on the products due to extensive costs and having to fight organizations like PETA for animal rights testing. I've always felt that warning should be on the products so that our companion animals, mostly of the avian species, were not put into jeopardy. But, it appeared at that time that the cost of warnings & changing labels was not worth a concern about their consumers pets. I did continue my "crusade" to save our parrots, small animals, elderly parents and infants. He threatened me with a lawsuit. I was ready, but obviously this did not happen. I told him if he could prove his product safe or put a warning label on then I would stop requesting it and warning people. I still have the original article that I wrote on this subject, that first appeared in newspapers, and parrot/bird organization newsletters and magazines around the US and overseas. It almost seems daily, more and more products that are dangerous to our birds, small pets, elderly family and small children are being produced. I say now. Find my original article on the internet. Do NOT believe that I thought at any time that the company was helpful or showed any concern. Do not read bastardized articles of what I originally wrote on this subject....See Morekpaquette
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