Mosquito Dunks
When you bought your house so many years ago you looked out at the pond in the back and thought, wow, your own personal oasis. You probably dreamed of lazy afternoons in the shade under the tree watching the ducks float in your pond. However, when the summer came and the mosquitoes came out you did not feel the same way. Mosquitoes have a nasty habit of destroying your afternoon with the feeling you are there for them to feed upon, not that you are not food. Have you really been putting up with the pests for this long? You should look into getting mosquito dunks and take back your lake or ponds.
Mosquito dunks are larvacides that you place into a body of standing water to kill the eggs laid by the female mosquito. If no eggs can mature then in about two weeks you will have no mosquitoes. The first thing you will need to do is take a measurement of how big your pond or lake is. This will determine how many mosquito dunks you are going to need to purchase. On average mosquito dunks cover one hundred square feet of pond surface. Be sure though that you find the right mosquito dunks for your situation if it is one large body of water or many small birdbaths dotting along in your yard.
When you make your purchase of mosquito dunks be sure to ask the sales associate you speak with how to use the mosquito dunk correctly. Mosquito dunks are designed to specifically target mosquito larva and the mosquito larvicide should not be harmful to any fish or animals in the ponds. One great brand of mosquito dunks to consider is Siphotrol mosquito larvicide granules which are looser granules then traditional mosquito dunks ring shape. The Siphotrol can be easily purchased and used to keep your yard mosquito free.
With the help of mosquito dunks you should be finally able to sit out under the tree, swing in the hammock and enjoy the late summer evening without being a mosquito feast. The point of having a backyard is to give you a piece of land that you do not have to share. This sentiment not only goes for your teenage neighbors but for pests as well. So go on down to your local hardware store, pick up some mosquito dunks and remember the little buggers fondly without being bitten anymore.
