Get a fan. For any number below 10 or 20 mosquitoes, it blows the CO2 around so they can’t pinpoint its source. Above 20, space heaters seem to work wonders… and above 200, large zappers… but once upon a time, my mom choked on a mosquito near one of those, do don’t discard the flamethrower option.
Heh. I’m from Europe, each summer vacation we used to travel around and save on hotels by going camping.
At Venice, and Milan, they had a bunch of the huge zappers near the entrance, to lure mosquitoes away from the camping area. We’d usually get back from sightseeing after sunset, and had to go straight through the mosquito clouds at their strongest. First time, my mom was talking… then coughing, then cussing. We made sure to kept our mouths shut after that 😁
Other places, they’d have space heaters on cafeteria terraces, turned on for heat on cold days, and again on, to lure and kill mosquitoes in the summer after sunset.
I also live on the ground floor, with some plants on the terrace. While cats tend to catch most of the pests, there is always a mosquito or two that manage to get inside. Sleeping with a fan set on low, blowing across the bed and spreading the CO2 from your breath away, is a surefire way to keep them from biting.
Mosquitoes are slightly phototaxic, like most insects, but they mainly guide themselves towards CO2 sources for biting.
Anyone else see how it has nipples?
