Natural Mosquito Control Tips
Are you covered in Deet every Summer just to cross your backyard?
To control mosquitoes around your home, rather than placing elaborate traps
or using chemical repellents, try using a natural predator. Here are some great
ways to attract mosquito predators to your backyard.
Dragonflies are natural mosquito eaters. A quick way to attract
dragonflies to your backyard is to place bamboo sticks around the perimeter of your yard. The dragonflies will sit on top
of the bamboo sticks and wait for their mosquito lunch. For more
information and tips about how to attract dragonflies to your
backyard, visit our Green Living Guides pages and read the
article Attract Dragonflies.
Birds eat mosquitoes, and some species of birds will even adapt their
diet when there is a high concentration of mosquitoes around . Water
fowl eat mosquito larvae in their normal diets. For a quick solution,
put up some bird houses in your backyard. For more information on how to attract birds to
your backyard, visit our Green Living Guides pages and read the
article Attract Birds.
Bats are another great mosquito predator. Experts estimate that one
bat can eat between 600 to 1000 insects, mosquitoes included, within a
period of one hour. For a quick solution, try putting up a bat house in your backyard. For more information on where to locate your bat
house, and how to build a bat house, please visit our Green Living Guides pages and
read the article about Attract Bats.
