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Meleagristoday at 3:18 AM0 repliesview on HN

Anyone who is bothered by mosquitos should look into how to build a “bucket of doom”.

Basically you deliberately create the best mosquito breeding habitat in your yard (stagnant water), then spike it with a a bacterial larvicide to kill the larvae at the source.

Since mosquitoes don’t travel long distances, you end up creating a small mosquito free zone around your trap where they were never able to breed. It’s extremely effective