Rick 67 #26 July 15, 2013 BillyVance ***They're there for the bats to eat! Yep. I have seen bats flying circles over my house at sunset for years, no doubt devouring the mass quantities of mosquitoes in the skies here on the lake. They are fun to watch. Had one even make a close pass over me. same here every evening at sunset we watch them fly around in front of the house. we were recently given a Citronella plant by a neighbor. I will let you know how well it works in keeping the little bastards awayYou can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #27 July 15, 2013 One day later, the mosquito trap is a fail because the squirrels got into it. They drank every last bit of it and left their sticky squirrel prints all over the table where I had the trap! Someone in a squirrel-free yard needs to try it and let us know how it goes. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #28 July 16, 2013 skymama One day later, the mosquito trap is a fail because the squirrels got into it. They drank every last bit of it and left their sticky squirrel prints all over the table where I had the trap! Someone in a squirrel-free yard needs to try it and let us know how it goes. You have the paw-prints, right? So you can submit them to the local PD, and they can check for a match in the print database. If the squirrels have any priors, then you can bust them!"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #29 July 16, 2013 ryoder ***One day later, the mosquito trap is a fail because the squirrels got into it. They drank every last bit of it and left their sticky squirrel prints all over the table where I had the trap! Someone in a squirrel-free yard needs to try it and let us know how it goes. You have the paw-prints, right? So you can submit them to the local PD, and they can check for a match in the print database. If the squirrels have any priors, then you can bust them!IF? Ha! Ha! Ha!lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #30 July 16, 2013 skymama One day later, the mosquito trap is a fail because the squirrels got into it. They drank every last bit of it and left their sticky squirrel prints all over the table where I had the trap! Someone in a squirrel-free yard needs to try it and let us know how it goes. That's too bad, because it makes sense. I wonder if there is a commercial trap (along the same line, probably for some other bug) that won't fall apart and the squirrels can't get into.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #31 July 16, 2013 oldwomanc6 ***One day later, the mosquito trap is a fail because the squirrels got into it. They drank every last bit of it and left their sticky squirrel prints all over the table where I had the trap! Someone in a squirrel-free yard needs to try it and let us know how it goes. That's too bad, because it makes sense. I wonder if there is a commercial trap (along the same line, probably for some other bug) that won't fall apart and the squirrels can't get into. Mosquitos emit a very specific sound. What you need is two high-gain mics that can be used to triangulate it, a couple gyroscopes you can drive with electric motors and a free-swinging assembly you can use to aim the laser (using the gyroscopes.) A 1 watt laser ought to be more than capable of frying a mosquito in under a second! Just detect the sound, get its position, rotate the laser and fire! PEW! MUAHAHAHAHHAHA! Ahem. Sorry, I get that way whenever lasers are involved.I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #32 July 16, 2013 Nataly If you have "home remedies" for getting rid of mosquitos, please share!! (I have bug spray... It doesn't work ) Eat LOTS of Tobasco!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R62Vzp4bXmA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #33 July 16, 2013 ryoder ***One day later, the mosquito trap is a fail because the squirrels got into it. They drank every last bit of it and left their sticky squirrel prints all over the table where I had the trap! Someone in a squirrel-free yard needs to try it and let us know how it goes. You have the paw-prints, right? So you can submit them to the local PD, and they can check for a match in the print database. If the squirrels have any priors, then you can bust them!That is just nuts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #34 July 16, 2013 FlyingRhenquest Mosquitos emit a very specific sound. What you need is two high-gain mics that can be used to triangulate it, a couple gyroscopes you can drive with electric motors and a free-swinging assembly you can use to aim the laser (using the gyroscopes.) A 1 watt laser ought to be more than capable of frying a mosquito in under a second! Just detect the sound, get its position, rotate the laser and fire! PEW! MUAHAHAHAHHAHA! Ahem. Sorry, I get that way whenever lasers are involved. Something like this? http://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_myhrvold_could_this_laser_zap_malaria.html Jump ahead to 9:40 for the fun part."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #35 July 16, 2013 Awesome!I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #36 July 16, 2013 FlyingRhenquest ******One day later, the mosquito trap is a fail because the squirrels got into it. They drank every last bit of it and left their sticky squirrel prints all over the table where I had the trap! Someone in a squirrel-free yard needs to try it and let us know how it goes. That's too bad, because it makes sense. I wonder if there is a commercial trap (along the same line, probably for some other bug) that won't fall apart and the squirrels can't get into. Mosquitos emit a very specific sound. What you need is two high-gain mics that can be used to triangulate it, a couple gyroscopes you can drive with electric motors and a free-swinging assembly you can use to aim the laser (using the gyroscopes.) A 1 watt laser ought to be more than capable of frying a mosquito in under a second! Just detect the sound, get its position, rotate the laser and fire! PEW! MUAHAHAHAHHAHA! Ahem. Sorry, I get that way whenever lasers are involved. Make sure the orientation of the laser is pointing down, not up. That could get you in some pretty deep water with the FAA and FBI."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #37 July 16, 2013 Hmmm...read this! Were you drinking beer while wearing dark clothes and eating Limburger cheese? She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cwniles 0 #38 July 16, 2013 Andy9o8QuoteCan someone tell me what the fuck purpose do they serve?? Specifically?? Sure. They're an important and vital part of the world's ecosystem - just as, for example, you are. Anyhow, here are a few articles on this very subject: http://www.google.com/#q=what+place+do+mosquitoes+have+in+the+ecosystem&spell=1&sa=X&ei=clXjUdDRJ_ay4AOW8oDIDw&ved=0CCgQvwUoAA&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.48705608,d.dmg&fp=43343ac3cffa9ab0&biw=1024&bih=605 The articles you linked to all seem to reach the same conclusion, that, aside from being a food source for various other creatures, mosquitoes have no redeeming value and could be wiped from the face of the earth with no ill effects. Not sure how that translates to "an important and vital part of the world's ecosystem". jus' sayin' hopefully my lack of skydiving credentials is irrelevant to this particular issue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorrinRadd 0 #39 July 16, 2013 cwniles***QuoteCan someone tell me what the fuck purpose do they serve?? Specifically?? Sure. They're an important and vital part of the world's ecosystem - just as, for example, you are. Anyhow, here are a few articles on this very subject: http://www.google.com/#q=what+place+do+mosquitoes+have+in+the+ecosystem&spell=1&sa=X&ei=clXjUdDRJ_ay4AOW8oDIDw&ved=0CCgQvwUoAA&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.48705608,d.dmg&fp=43343ac3cffa9ab0&biw=1024&bih=605 The articles you linked to all seem to reach the same conclusion, that, aside from being a food source for various other creatures, mosquitoes have no redeeming value and could be wiped from the face of the earth with no ill effects. Not sure how that translates to "an important and vital part of the world's ecosystem". jus' sayin' hopefully my lack of skydiving credentials is irrelevant to this particular issue. The level to which such a common species is important to the world's ecosystems is still not well known. Yes, they are food. But there could very well be other aspects to their existence, and involvement with the world at large, that biologists have not yet come across. Purposefully eliminating a species is not something that should be undertaken lightly. Perhaps a better approach would be finding a way to make malaria treatments and preventative measures easily and inexpensively available to developing countries and places where it is a threat. Malaria is, after all, a curable disease.Why drive myself crazy trying to be normal, when I am already at crazy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #40 July 16, 2013 NorrinRadd******QuoteCan someone tell me what the fuck purpose do they serve?? Specifically?? Sure. They're an important and vital part of the world's ecosystem - just as, for example, you are. Anyhow, here are a few articles on this very subject: http://www.google.com/#q=what+place+do+mosquitoes+have+in+the+ecosystem&spell=1&sa=X&ei=clXjUdDRJ_ay4AOW8oDIDw&ved=0CCgQvwUoAA&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.48705608,d.dmg&fp=43343ac3cffa9ab0&biw=1024&bih=605 The articles you linked to all seem to reach the same conclusion, that, aside from being a food source for various other creatures, mosquitoes have no redeeming value and could be wiped from the face of the earth with no ill effects. Not sure how that translates to "an important and vital part of the world's ecosystem". jus' sayin' hopefully my lack of skydiving credentials is irrelevant to this particular issue. The level to which such a common species is important to the world's ecosystems is still not well known. Yes, they are food. But there could very well be other aspects to their existence, and involvement with the world at large, that biologists have not yet come across. Purposefully eliminating a species is not something that should be undertaken lightly. Perhaps a better approach would be finding a way to make malaria treatments and preventative measures easily and inexpensively available to developing countries and places where it is a threat. Malaria is, after all, a curable disease. They are a great way to maintain and limit overabundant species by being a very effective disease vector. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #41 July 16, 2013 Nataly *** But if I was a mosquito, looking at Nat's avatar makes me think that is someone i'd like to bite. Meh... That picture is the ONLY good picture of me ever taken and it looks NOTHING like me... Remi will vouch for the fact that I totally fit the "bland accountant" profile/stereotype... I beg to differ. You have posted some very attractive pics. The one of you on the horse is the first that comes to mind, and I seem to remember a Vampire outfit too. I (and Ryoder and all your other stalkers) are still waiting for pics of you in both the French Maid outfit and the motorcycle leathers. Seriously, if you want to keep the skeeters off, the only really effective repellents are the ones that have DEET in them. And that's some reasonably nasty stuff. I know people that swear by mild overdoses of vitamin B-12. The excess comes out in your sweat, and is supposed to irritate the feet of the mosquitos. No scientific proof, though. I agree with Amazon that any spray you use to kill them (foggers and such) do more harm than good. I have a bat house in my garden (on a post).You can find plans very easily. I also have toads in my yard (have to watch out when mowing the lawn) and spiders in my basement. Bats, toads and spiders may be ugly, but anything that eats that many skeeters is a friend of mine and welcome in my yard."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swisschris62 0 #42 July 16, 2013 A mosquito's eye magnified 22 million times.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 221 #43 July 16, 2013 swisschris62A mosquito's eye magnified 22 million times.... ]url http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_64itAtqJIlY/TNlCslQ5jFI/AAAAAAAAHMs/yJpuh1wvGgk/s1600/Yellow%2Bfever%2Bmosquito.jpg]Here is another close up[/url]I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 221 #44 July 16, 2013 swisschris62A mosquito's eye magnified 22 million times.... Actually only 450x.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #45 July 16, 2013 skymama Hmmm...read this! Were you drinking beer while wearing dark clothes and eating Limburger cheese? Oh my gosh... NO WONDER I attract all the skeeters - I taste fucking delicious!!!!! I am a mosquito's wet dream!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #46 July 16, 2013 Nataly *** But if I was a mosquito, looking at Nat's avatar makes me think that is someone i'd like to bite. Meh... That picture is the ONLY good picture of me ever taken and it looks NOTHING like me... Remi will vouch for the fact that I totally fit the "bland accountant" profile/stereotype... Yeah. Totally. Nat, your secret is safe with me. No one will ever see _those_ photos.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #47 July 16, 2013 Nataly ***Hmmm...read this! Were you drinking beer while wearing dark clothes and eating Limburger cheese? Oh my gosh... NO WONDER I attract all the skeeters stalkers - I taste fucking delicious!!!!! I am a mosquito's most of the guys on here's wet dream!!! FIFY "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #48 July 17, 2013 cwniles***QuoteCan someone tell me what the fuck purpose do they serve?? Specifically?? Sure. They're an important and vital part of the world's ecosystem - just as, for example, you are. Anyhow, here are a few articles on this very subject: http://www.google.com/#q=what+place+do+mosquitoes+have+in+the+ecosystem&spell=1&sa=X&ei=clXjUdDRJ_ay4AOW8oDIDw&ved=0CCgQvwUoAA&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.48705608,d.dmg&fp=43343ac3cffa9ab0&biw=1024&bih=605 The articles you linked to all seem to reach the same conclusion, that, aside from being a food source for various other creatures, mosquitoes have no redeeming value and could be wiped from the face of the earth with no ill effects. Not sure how that translates to "an important and vital part of the world's ecosystem". jus' sayin' hopefully my lack of skydiving credentials is irrelevant to this particular issue. You're displaying a species-centric, and, frankly, slightly arrogant, view of other species by taking "an important and vital part of the world's ecosystem" and equating it with an absence or presence of "redeeming value". No redeeming value? Really? Redeeming to what species? Humans only? The arrogance bred of humans' position at the top of the intelligence pyramid is reflected in the presumption that the "redeeming value" of another species should be keyed to its "value", directly or indirectly, to humans. There are billions of bats, birds, fish and lizards that rely on mosquitos and/or their larvae as food; so if mosquitos were suddenly rendered extinct, some other species might follow, with further ripple effects upon still other species as well as the environment. So I imagine those other species might well resent such a short-sighted attitude if they had the intelligence to do so. Humans' superior intelligence and opposable thumbs may give us the ability to exterminate entire species of other animals with which we share this planet for our own convenience, but that doesn't necessarily make it ethical, or for that matter even practical (to the ecosystem) to do so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #49 July 17, 2013 I think this is what Andy is trying to say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Na9-jV_OJI "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #50 July 17, 2013 ryoder I think this is what Andy is trying to say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Na9-jV_OJI I know kung fu! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
