Easy, Inexpensive DIY Organic Mosquito Control For Your Yard

I, for one, am concerned about the release of GMO mosquitoes in several U.S. states and am looking for a way to control them.

When the outcome of these releases was studied in other countries, Yale scientists found that the GM mosquitoes bred with local mosquitoes resulting in HYBRID mosquitoes that are more aggressive, more difficult to eradicate. The outcome is an increase the spread of mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria, Zika and others – including Lyme. (source)

Read: Malaria & Dengue Remedies For GM Mosquitoes Released in U.S.

And Mosquitoes, Lyme Disease & Why Some Get Bitten More Than Others

While most traditional mosquito control methods use toxic pesticides —that can harm your family, pets, beneficial insects, and the environment —one nontoxic alternative is using 5 gallon buckets as mosquito larva traps. 

I found this very useful information over on Toni Farmer’s Garden page. Toni explains that the method is easy, effective, inexpensive, and keeps families with yards from needing to spray with toxic chemicals which harm dragonflies, frogs, butterflies, bees — not to mention people, young and old.

2.35 minutes.

Ryan Smith, an associate professor of entomology at Iowa State University, says that Bti works well for standing bodies of water if used correctly and replaced every month. (source)

One man wrote in the video comments, “This worked soooo well and I got frogs that ended up living in my buckets!!! I guess it was like Mosquito Door Dash for them….”

What You’ll Need to Control Mosquitos:

• A 4 or 5-gallon bucket​ like this one
• Water
• A handful of weeds, hay, grass clippings, or fallen leaves
• A half or a whole Bti mosquito dunk​
• A protected outdoor spot where pets and kids won’t mess with it

One mosquito dunk can typically release Bti for about 30 days under normal conditions, so mark your calendar and replace it as needed.

I have heard that mosquito control dunks are best placed in the shade because the sun can weaken the Bti and lessen the time that the product is effective.

You’ll also want to check the rest of your yard, because one bucket won’t help much if there’s a kiddie pool, wheelbarrow, tire or lost plastic cup quietly raising a mosquito family behind your back.

Products containing Bt are made from a naturally-occurring soil bacterium. Studies show that Bt mosquito control is nontoxic and does not cause harm in humans, pets, birds, ducks, aquatic fish, waterways, or soil-dwelling organisms. Also, there is NO toxicity to bumblebees and honeybees, lacewings, predatory beetles, parasitic wasps, or earthworms when these were not targets. (source)

However, in a sprayed form, it is toxic to monarch caterpillars and their host plant (milkweed).

Is this going to make every mosquito disappear from your yard forever? Sadly, probably not. But it can be a wise part of your summer setup, especially when you already eliminate and dump all those hidden little places that water collects after a rain.

Now if only there was a way to keep those nasty flies away from the shish-kabobs and watermelon, we’d really be cookin’!

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