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Well, August is supposed to be dry... but here in Elgin (Chicago) we got over 10" of rain in a week! That kinda made the mosquito population go NUTS - not to mention we live next to a forest preserve 
The stores are all out of the unique mosquito stuff (like a non-poisonous indoor trap) so I decided to make one of my own! We needed one in the bedroom while we are sleeping... we were getting eaten alive at night!
Here's what I did.... not sure how well it works - except that we've gone bite free the last 2 nights. Not sure if it's the trap or we were just lucky....
I used:
1 - 8" plastic flower pot
2 rolls - sticky fly paper (non toxic - just sticky)
Bunch of thumbtacs
1 - night light & extension cord
1 - Toasty toes heat pad (must be replaced every night)
1 - can goop or other hand cleaner
The idea is to attract mosquitoes to the "trap" and as they fly in, they get stuck to the fly paper. Skeeters are attracted to light and heat. We turn this on in our bedroom at night.
I cut (carefully) a bunch of holes into the flower pot with a box cutter so the light would shine thru. Then cut a small hole at the bottom for the extension cord to go thru.
Then unroll the fly paper rolls and place in the flower pot to create a web of sorts. This is a VERY sticky part of the job! I used thumbtacs to keep the paper in place on the pot.
When it's time to turn it on, I put one of those sticky heat pads on the inside of the pot, run the extension cord thur and attach the nightlight - turn it on.
Oh... almost forgot! The "goop" is for cleaning your hands after handling that fly paper!
I had to come up with something besides wearing DEET to bed. It's August now, so everyone is selling winter stuff... not mosquito stuff! (at least in Chicago!)
puca bearsYikes, Laura - 10" of rain in a week - it's not that bad here, but the mosquitos are a problem.......and WHY do they always bite me - never Jeremy!
Maybe I'll try constructing one of your traps.........
huggies
Maria
Bumpkin BearsLooks like I may need to try this too, I'm getting bitten like crazy the last few nights, now just on both ankles exactly where the back of my shoe goes - OUCH! I'm the same Maria, they always bite me, never Marc! They must like my English blood!
Hugs
Catherine
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