You can do the fogging yourself. They sell the handheld foggers and the chemicals at Home Depot. I wouldn't. But I don't think the mosqueetas are that bad here. I think I've only seen 2 whole squeetas this year and I have a pond right behind me and outside a lot. Flies on the other hand drive me breserk. I'm not one of these anti-chemical people but I don't like the pesticides one bit.

I always worry that the fogs will kill everything else in my yard as well. I would hate to kill the butterflies, caterpillars and froggies who I have welcomed. I just found a link on the weather channel site where you can look at when mosquito levels are projected to be the highest and lowest in a given day. Could be usueful when planning when you want to go outside.

Here is a link that might be useful: Mosquito forcast

Geeze - I dont want to have to plan to go outside! I would like to enjoy my deck without getting eaten alive, without lathering myself up, and without lighting cintronella candles everywhere. I love just sitting out there but I cant do that with sqeeters eating my alive...

I guess I will look at home depot for a backyard fogger... Thanks for the help.

I think you are close to me quirky, and believe me there are not only more mosquitoes here this year, they are a particularly virulent variety. I'm a mosquito magnet, and I can't go outside in the morning or evening without being bitten many times. I am still recovering from a slew of bites I got over a month ago. For some reason, these mosquitoes have a poison that made me break out in huge itchy rashes that are taking a long time to heal. My only recourse is to spray myself with OFF (which is oily and stinks).

I will not do the bomb, though because of the butterflies etc. But if you limit it to around the deck, that would probably be OK. My problem is that I need to go into buggy areas to weed etc. I guess I'll just let those areas go.

I lived in Florida so there is no comparison.
I have remarked about how mosquito-less the area is.

Down there they spray the pesticides out the back of trucks and by airplane. There is a small group of people that disagree with this practice. I am one of them. Not because I'm an au natural kind of guy but because in my research there has been minimal research on the negative impacts of using those pesticides in that fashion. Especially since they come coasting down the street once or twice a week with no warning (I had them call me first though) and spray everyone and everything in sight.

Blakeas- I would alert your neighbors if any are closeby to see if they are chemically sensitive and to tell them to remain indoors.

And of course they reportedly don't do any good unless you do the fogging around dusk time.

I know this is going to make me seem even more like an anti-chemical freak but there is a little concoction that I have used that really, really works. Get some vanilla flavoring like the little McCormmick brown bottles and mix 1 part vanilla to 2 parts water and apply it to your skin. I can't explain how it works but it's not sticky at all and makes you smell really nice and most importantly, the squeetas don't come near you. Handy to put it in a little pump-type spray bottle.

I would like to enjoy my deck without getting eaten alive, without lathering myself up, and without lighting cintronella candles everywhere.

I believe the trick to achieving this goal is to build a screened in deck. It doesn't have to be expensive, just a framed in enclosure with panels of screen. You might need someone to frame it, but then you can install the screen yourself.

I went out this morning and got about 15 bites. I am considering a bee keepers outfit.

Have you considered something like the Mosquito Deleto? It's a product that uses propane gas to trap and kill skeeters. It's pricey, but it's a long term solution, and you don't have to smell that awful pesticide odor. It's supposed to work for about half an acre. Look it up on google for more detailed info. Good luck!

I did use an all natural spray that worked pretty well and smelled good. I think it was called Skedattle. I picked it up at the White Squirrel Festival in Brevard, NC. Unfortunately, I haven't seen it anywhere else. I may try the vanilla concoction next. Sounds yummy!

http://www.mosquitobarrier.com/

This looks interesting. I may try it.