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jack11:
does anyone know a good mosquito bait to draw the mosquitoes away from a campsite?

I've tried some commercial bates in my portable zapper, they weren't too great, but they were expensive. The black light in the zapper also not very effective by itself.

Looking for some natural or everyday use products, for example some foods, household chemicals, etc., that'll draw the mosquitoes to the zapper.

tomw:
They home in on carbon dioxide and maybe warmth so that may be a place to start. Maybe a CO2 cylinder slowly bleeding out gas at intervals?


Read that CO2 bit somewhere.

Tom

MadScientist267:
 Yeah that's essentially how a mosquito trap works...

Tiny amounts of propane are burned and something resembling a heatsink inside the device its maintained around the 100F mark. The mosquitos are attracted to the CO2 drifting away from the device, and the closely matched heat signature is too much to resist.

They have to find their way through a short "maze" of netting that let's them in with relative ease, but is not easily escaped. Once inside, they perish in the collection bag at the bottom of the trap after exhausting their energy reserves trying to find their non-existent victim.

Steve

Wolvenar:
Many are just how MadScientist describes, but add a fan to pull them into the screen and keep them there until they dehydrate and die.

dang:
There is an added attractant that closely resembles cow saliva smell in some baits.

And that is definitely an item to buy end of season on closeout, Ive seen them for 70% off in some chain shops.

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