Neat system, but I’m not sure I’d want pesticide sprayed around my yard three times a day. We do use some products to kill active fire ant mounds, but we prefer to avoid broadcasting it across the yard.

What about the smell? Having reanimated corpses everywhere must be malodorous.

It’s amazing how little people know about geography, especially when it comes to populations. I love it when I meet someone new and they ask if I knew this friend of theirs that lived in Houston, a metropolitan area of over 5 million people. Yeah, there’s a one in five-million chance that I knew that person.

I suppose it’s about how you want to spend your time and money. I’d rather spend a little more on a device that I have to maintain once every three weeks instead of spending less money on a device that I have to build myself and maintain every other day. I have enough chores to deal with.

As I’ve said to the other helpful commentariat, the trade-off is the level of maintenance. One functions for three weeks without additional work (unless the trap is getting extremely full). The other requires maintenance every other day unless you want more mosquitoes. The average cycle from egg to flying syringe is…

Made me laugh! One thing to note is that Refugio, where the video was shot, is about 2 1/2 hours southwest of Houston and a LOT more rural.

It’s been known to happen.

That is a nifty solution. The trade-offs are three times the maintenance, having to manually destroy the eggs and larvae, and it doesn’t kill the biting adults. On the other hand, it should be a lot cheaper to build and operate.

Care to share details? I’m sure inquiring minds want to know.

“In a way, they work as advertised - they WILL attract, and trap inspects - many of them mosquitos. Similar to those Zap insect lights - the problem is they are attracted to the trap, so you don’t want to put them over your picnic table or you will just be attracting them to you.” 

Neat alternative. How much daily maintenance is required?

I’m sure you could rig up something, but will it run for three weeks unattended?

It’s not just about the additional property damage. And yes, there are lots of areas where the flood waters did not enter the homes. One of my uncles lives in Sugarland. The water flooded his street, but didn’t get inside of his house.

Interesting solution. It just requires two large, noisy fans, some netting, and some attractant.

Are you just guessing, or do you have experience with one?

Not much, really.

If you’ve never lived through a flood and had some jackass kick a wave up onto/into your home, then listen to those of us who have. I’m telling you, it SUCKS! It’s not just about what can and cannot be further damaged. It’s about having some respect for the people around you. While you may not give a crap about your…

My uncle bought a mosquito trap for his back yard. They are incredibly effective at curbing the mosquito population.

When tropical storm Allison came to visit my house in Houston, things were dry until some a-hole pushed a wake up the driveway and into my garage.

Think mud bogs, not rock crawling.