Dragonflies can be a form of pest control. If you have a pond or water garden that attracts dragonflies, you probably know that dragonflies eat mosquitoes and other small, annoying flying insects. You also know that even a host of dragonflies probably cannot eat all of them.
That leaves many of us in a quandary. If we want to rid our yard of mosquitoes, either for entertaining outdoors or so children can play safely, we may feel that controlling mosquitoes is not enough. We want them gone.
There are foggers and other pest control delivery systems that will kill almost all mosquitoes. The problem is that they generally will kill the dragonflies, butterflies and honey bees, too. We don’t want that.
The best solution, if you do not live in a place that currently has an outbreak of dangerous disease-carrying mosquitoes is to just live with them. If you take normal precautions (such as: do not wear flowery perfume, wear dark colors, take brewers yeast, avoid working outside at dusk or after dark) and if you do not have a specific mosquito allergy, a few mosquitos will not bother you much.
If there is a disease outbreak in your neighborhood, it is probably worth fogging—or adding fish to your water garden to eat the mosquito larvae. On the other hand, local authorities will probably be spraying anyhow, so you probably do not need to do anything.
It is always a good idea, during a mosquito outbreak, to keep children indoors as much as possible. Especially, be sure to get them inside well before dusk, when mosquitoes become more active.
As far as pest control indoors, generally it is best to simply hire a professional company at PestControl.us and let them handle it. No one needs bugs indoors.
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