MOSQUITO CONTROL THAT WORKS, #1 Best Method

I tried your method , and it works!!! I was blown away by how well it worked…. Like other people have said, it reduced my infestation by 90% ….. thank you….

A friend would put a large barrel under the downspout from his gutter. Put some small bait fish in it and hang a light above it. Mosquitoes would land on the water to lay eggs. Fish would then eat the mosquitoes and grow to bait size. The rain would keep the barrel filled.

When I was a kid we used a plastic kiddie pool with soapy water and a mesh cover to keep birds and stuff from getting in. Mosquitoes would try to land on the water, but the Dawn disrupted the surface tension so they'd drown. Then every so often dump it out, rinse with the hose, refill. You don't even need much either, just like an inch of water.

I found your video before my last mosquito season. I used the mosquito dunks. In my back yard I used two 3 gallon buckets and in each placed one ring and 3/4 filled with water and some grass clippings and a few leaves. Each mosquito dunk ring lasts about a month. I have lived at this house for 30 years and this is the first time I could go outside on the 4th of July and not get bit/stung by any mosquitoes. Years ago I had to keep my mouth shut going outside because they would fly right in. WOW what a difference Thanks Kilted Guy.

Watch at 1.5x… thank me later

Brakes the life cycle, brilliant! Now if we could just put some of this in Congresses drinking water.

A guy I used to play golf with got a bug zapper. He said, though it did kill lots of bugs, it attracted even more of them to his yard. So, he got rid of his and got each of his neighbors one for Christmas.😻

Congratulations on the video. Here, where I live in Brazil, we are having problems with the mosquitoes that cause DENGUE. Official guidelines say to eliminate all pots, buckets and containers where mosquitoes could breed. Your orientation is just the opposite of that and certainly more correct. There is no point in trying to eliminate the containers, but rather leave them for the mosquitoes to lay their eggs, so that the reproductive cycle is interrupted. Perfect!! Thanks!!

Brilliant. I'm TOTALLY doing this. I'm the one who gets bit a million times when other people say, "What mosquitos?" I'm like, WHAT???? scratching like a lunatic.

Alot of people don't realize that their home guttering is a great place to breed mosquitos,If you go up on a ladder and look ,there is usually wet rotting leaves and water in them. A great place for mosquitos to breed and live..

I plan to try this soon. Once minor modification would be to use a black bucket instead of a white one, mosquitoes prefer darker colored areas

Mosquitoes can also lay their eggs in wet grass and in you flower beds. Something I've learn from my parents is coffee grounds can actual stop the mosquito larvae from gestation. Every morning they'll sift the use coffee grounds either in the flower beds or lawn. The coffee grounds are also good for the soil. I will have to remember this trick to I have learned in this video.

I've been doing this for years. I have 6 to 8 buckets for my 3/4 acre property. I put 1/4 of one mosquito dunk in each bucket. I throw some soil and grass or a few leaves in the bucket as well to "age" the water as well. It seems the mosquitos like the "dirty" water better then the clean water. And again, the more buckets, the better, as I want them to breed in my buckets, and not a clogged rain gutter or tire swing... I typically add another piece of the dunk to each bucket approximately every 30 days during the breeding season.

I live in rural Northeastern Ontario, Canada (in a densely forested part of the Boreal forest). For years now I've been doing a similar thing. I put several wooden barrels at the edges of my property that I fill with water in May (the snow usually doesn't melt until early May around here so that's when I fill my barrels). Then I go to the pet store and buy some feeder fish (goldfish work the best). For about a week or two I'll sprinkle a bit of fish food or even a slice of bread will do the trick, just until the mosquitoes are active. Once the mosquitoes are out they will always lay their eggs on the surface of the water in the barrels. The fish will eat all of their eggs. I go the entire summer and fall without feeding the fish yet they grow large and survive just fine on the eggs. I even scoop out some of the water occasionally and I use it in my gardens as the fish excrement is a great substitute for all natural miracle grow/plant food. Just add new water afterwards to keep the water level in the barrels high. I noticed a huge difference in the amount of mosquitoes on my property after doing this and I've been doing it every year ever since. Once winter rolls around dump out the barrels and let the fish die (never release gold fish into a lake, river or stream). I dump mine into the woods and the fish usually get eaten by other animals within 24 hours.

Thanks, just never thought about providing them a "spot" to lay eggs. The perfect way to control them. From an Army Vet to an Air Force Vet, thank you for your service.

I just want to say thank you very much for this information. I came across this video early this year or late last year I can't remember but I did this method all summer this year and wow, just wow, what a difference it made in my life. It worked so well that I honestly could not believe it. I had mosquitos so bad for so many years and wasted so much money on half ass methods that barely did anything and then this. I saw over a 90 percent reduction in misquotes on my property of 1.5 acres. I can actually enjoy my yard and my garage now. Thank you again, if your having an issue do this asap.

I’ve used the mosquito dunks in the past with great success however it was in a situation where I knew the source of standing water for the larvae. With my current mosquito problem, I was uncertain of where they were laying eggs. I never thought of providing a source so thanks for sharing your idea.

You can also build a bat house and grow a colony of bats! According to the forest service, one bat can eat 1,000 mosquito sized insects in one hour! The easiest way to build a bat house is just nail a sheet of plywood onto the side of a barn or the back of a billboard using some spacers. There are plenty of tips online, some are pretty fancy.

Great to see you Kilted Guy! Love this solution, I tried the dunks but never thought of putting them in buckets 🤯 can’t wait to try this and enjoy my outdoor space 😏

The skeeters will be more attracted to dark colored water buckets. A black bucket with plain water is an ideal larva trap. Mosquitos that are landing on water are there to lay eggs. If there are already some larva in the water they are more likely to drop their eggs there. I keep smaller buckets about for the mosquitoes. Then when I see larva activity in the water I just dump the water out in the garden. I have large rain barrels too. When I see larva activity in those I apply some "mosquito bits" on the water surface. 6 hours later I can only find larva corpses. I've been doing this for years and it has almost eliminated the mosquito population. Can't completely eliminate them because non-local skeeters ride in on the wind. I used to go door to door reminding my neighbors to overturn all water vessels. But now I hang out a welcome sign for the skeeters with my water buckets, enticing them to lay eggs here, instead of wandering off to neighbors, where I have no control. It's easier to see the larva at night with an underwater flashlight. Warning: this can backfire if you don't check on the water buckets/barrels at least twice a week.