Mosquitoes

crispin8 wrote:There are small biting things that live in bouganvilia and we've found the best thing to control them is the cheap insect spray from Mercadona, €1.89 or thereabouts

Thank You, the small ones are horrible. They are the ones that bites the most. I will go to Mercadona and get some spray. I believe people usually call them "no see ums" because simply you don't see them.

Dinkelharper wrote:

crispin8 wrote:There are small biting things that live in bouganvilia and we've found the best thing to control them is the cheap insect spray from Mercadona, €1.89 or thereabouts

Thank You, the small ones are horrible. They are the ones that bites the most. I will go to Mercadona and get some spray. I believe people usually call them "no see ums" because simply you don't see them.

Yes they are like midges or they might be midges - They can bite multi times at a time whereas Mosquitos tend to bite only once at a time ( as bad as that is) I sat out once with a backless top on and I didnt feel anything but the little critter had bitten in a straight long line across my back about 5 bites..very itchy and awkward place to get to scratch and get to. I use light cover ups and repellent now in early evening and night time. Midges are the worst !!!

In my experience if you have hedges or plants in your garden they attract biting insects - maybe not too breed but they are there. Maybe invest in artficial foilage?

In Scotland just now till next week, went for a walk yesterday 4 bites not mosquito ones must be Kirby.

That was meant to be midgy ha!

Fortunately, the mosquitoes don't seem to bite us, but as we have tall hedges all around our villa made up of oleander, hibiscus, and a neighbour's leylandii we spray every year to avoid any guests getting eaten alive!! We have several bird baths in the garden and water butts.
We buy the spray from the garden/pet agricultural merchant in Los Montesinos. One annual spraying seems to do the trick!
Best of luck!!

So, I have searched high and low in my yard and also my neighboring yards. There is no standing water anywhere and yet there are mosquitoes. The only water there is, is the dew that appears every morning in, guess what, the hedge! So, it is quite possible for mosquitoes to breed in the hedge!

I doubt that dew would work for a mozzie as it's most likely to evaporate over the course of a day and they are aquatic for roughly a week to a fortnight. Mosquitoes are not territorial and are quite mobile. A strong breeze means that they end up miles away from where they emerged.

I think your hedge is just their daytime hotel, where they gather strength for their nocturnal attacks

Spraying the hedge may help but also my kill a lot of good insects at the same time .lacewings are one example.Green lacewings are generalist predators, meaning that they aren’t picky eaters and will prey on a wide range of pests. Common targets include: Mealybugs Psyllids Thrips Mites Whiteflies Aphids Caterpillars Leafhoppers ...so one good guy in the garden ...and as said before they can fly so you will always have them coming in from other areas...

You could simply hang the anti-mosquito lamps around like mentioned in this article
I know, that you can scare them off with Termacell device. Burning tea tree oil and clove oil might work too. However, don't know how it will affect your plants.