Rob, if that bad..
get the propane machine,
some places let you test -fly the machine over the wkend.,
depending on the model..they can get $$,
Coast Guard uses them down here in Texas..
they work !

Rika

Forget all these kill-the-skeeters-with-poison-or-technology suggestions... they're way too expensive, and the mosquitos can fly around them and bite your ass and give you West Nile anyway.

Those mosquitos are out there laughing and saying to each other "BugZap this, bonehead!" while they're sucking your blood.

Just lather up with some kind of store bought bug juice like Deep Woods "Off"... you can watch them hover and not land. They hate that stuff.

Problem solved.

BTW, don't get the spray on... that is for sissies, and you'll end up inhaling half of it. Buy the squeeze bottle and just dump it in your hands and rub them together then all over your "exposed areas."

Good advice. :cool:

Three issues with using Off.

• I have to have a 1/4 inch coating of the stuff before they leave me alone. (I'm tasty, what can I say.)
• I don't want to be dipped in the stuff just so i can take a quick trip to the mailbox.
• My wife hates me being coated in stinky, sticky Off. But unlike mosquitoes, I like her to "hover and land"...

We've already searched the woods, house, and yard for standing water sources. None have been found. So far it looks like bats and mosquito machines. Any other ideas?

Hey, Rob... I'm next door... in Columbia, so you know I know skeeters. BTW, I'll be heading over that way for some of the blues festival that first weekend next month... it's always a good time.

If you're truly just going to the mailbox, jog... or run... it'll be something for the neighbors to notice and talk about.
:D
If you're going to be outside longer, like to mow the yard or clean the gutters, I'm sure you can cover up with some kind of commercially-available bug juice that will keep them away from you. You just need to find one that is strong enough... someone is bound to know. Maybe ask around at a sporting goods store... there is something that will do the job.

And after working in this humidity, you know Miz Rob will certainly want you to shower before any serious hovering takes place, anyway.

Trust me... you won't be able to eliminate the little critters with technology and bats... or even purple martins.