Outdoor Pest Control - Chemical for use in Burgess Fogger
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kb1gxk
04-02-08, 07:07 AM
Hi to anyone familiar with agri- bio- or chemical
general stuff:
Background: This is for outdoor mosquito and black fly control.
Locale is Northern Maine, very rural.
No pets or children
The problem is very very big.
I don't care if I have to use g.d. agent orange I've had it with the filthy *******s. They have already caused health risks and I am absolutely convinced that ANY blood-borne disease (AIDS, etc)
can be passed on with a blood-sucking insect bite.
I have had a fogger for a few years, and all i can ever find for it is the standard KOOLAID-class Burgess Insecticide (the one that's made for foggers.)
I think it's about as useful as a screen door in a submarine. I've never seen a positive result - e.g., I have actually, several times, shot fog directly on very small (gnat, mosquito) insect at point-blank range just to see if it's my imagination or is the stuff really that impotent - and they just flew away unhampered.
I am well-versed in the standard product use recommendations. I realize that the release rate and the strength and the conditions are all major factors.
I want something that WORKS. Problem is one cannot pour just anything into the fogger, it'll clog and spit and won't work. It has to be compatible.
HELP ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ADVICE
Thanks so much in advance, Jennifer
general stuff:
Background: This is for outdoor mosquito and black fly control.
Locale is Northern Maine, very rural.
No pets or children
The problem is very very big.
I don't care if I have to use g.d. agent orange I've had it with the filthy *******s. They have already caused health risks and I am absolutely convinced that ANY blood-borne disease (AIDS, etc)
can be passed on with a blood-sucking insect bite.
I have had a fogger for a few years, and all i can ever find for it is the standard KOOLAID-class Burgess Insecticide (the one that's made for foggers.)
I think it's about as useful as a screen door in a submarine. I've never seen a positive result - e.g., I have actually, several times, shot fog directly on very small (gnat, mosquito) insect at point-blank range just to see if it's my imagination or is the stuff really that impotent - and they just flew away unhampered.
I am well-versed in the standard product use recommendations. I realize that the release rate and the strength and the conditions are all major factors.
I want something that WORKS. Problem is one cannot pour just anything into the fogger, it'll clog and spit and won't work. It has to be compatible.
HELP ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ADVICE
Thanks so much in advance, Jennifer
GregH
04-02-08, 05:21 PM
Jennifer,
I can relate to what you are saying.
We live in in the woods in Northern Canada with a marsh pretty much at our back door.
I think you really have the wrong approach.
We have a fogger like yours but have found that there are just too many biting critters for those to be effective.
You would be able to find chemical pesticides for direct spraying but if they are strong enough to kill mosquitoes over a very wide area you will also be killing beneficial insects along with a wide variety of songbirds.
Mosquito Magnets (http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/mosquito_magnet/liberty_plus/) I have been told work quite well.
We spend a fair bit of time around the yard in mosquito season but also go for walks in the woods where a mosquito magnet does no good.
We wear a hooded bug jacket and mosquito repellant when outdoors and are going to buy a pair of Thermacell (http://www.mosquitorepellent.com/)units this spring.
They are becoming quite popular around here and are not too expensive.
I can relate to what you are saying.
We live in in the woods in Northern Canada with a marsh pretty much at our back door.
I think you really have the wrong approach.
We have a fogger like yours but have found that there are just too many biting critters for those to be effective.
You would be able to find chemical pesticides for direct spraying but if they are strong enough to kill mosquitoes over a very wide area you will also be killing beneficial insects along with a wide variety of songbirds.
Mosquito Magnets (http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/mosquito_magnet/liberty_plus/) I have been told work quite well.
We spend a fair bit of time around the yard in mosquito season but also go for walks in the woods where a mosquito magnet does no good.
We wear a hooded bug jacket and mosquito repellant when outdoors and are going to buy a pair of Thermacell (http://www.mosquitorepellent.com/)units this spring.
They are becoming quite popular around here and are not too expensive.
twelvepole
04-02-08, 05:36 PM
Not all chemicals are available in all areas. Contact your local Cooperative Extension Agent for recommended mosquito controls in your area.