Someone solved the mosquito problem

[Chris]

 

[Nice65]

Annoyingly someone changed ‘wasp’ to ‘mosquito.

 

[C_Claycomb]

Meh. Monty Pythons method is better!

 

[TLM]

If that is normal what might overkill be ...

 

[leon-1]

If that is normal what might overkill be ...

Full scale thermo-nuclear war.....

 

[Mesquite]

 

[TLM]

I must say that Danube delta mosquitos are very tame and almost non-problem in comparison to their northern cousins. Locals seem to totally ignore them but other Romanians not so.

 

[Keith_Beef]

I have a Brazilian friend that I got to know when living in NJ. Whenever she and her husband came round to our place for drinks the four of us would sit on the back porch and she would be the mosquito magnet. I've never known anybody like her for attracting them.

 

[pieinthesky]

Many years ago I was reading a book (possibly Treasure Island) Before setting off to sea the ship purchased a large stock of 100% guaranteed to work mosquito exterminaters.

When they came to use them, the instuctions said to place the mosquito between the two blocks of wood supplied and squeeze!

Made 10 yr old me laugh!

 

[crlthrn]

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Probably more effective if the bottle cap is filled with blood, placed under the rock which is propped up with the twig, with a piece of twine tied to the twig going to a hide at a safe distance. When the mosquito lands to drink the blood, the operator pulls the twine, pulling out the twig, and the mosquito is crushed by the deadfall. The salt can be used to preserve the skin of the mosquito for mounting purposes.

 

[TLM]

We are getting to Rube Goldberg and TIM territory.

 

[Keith_Beef]

Many years ago I was reading a book (possibly Treasure Island) Before setting off to sea the ship purchased a large stock of 100% guaranteed to work mosquito exterminaters.

When they came to use them, the instuctions said to place the mosquito between the two blocks of wood supplied and squeeze!

Made 10 yr old me laugh!

That reminds me of a joke about camels...

 

[Chris]

Probably more effective if the bottle cap is filled with blood, placed under the rock which is propped up with the twig, with a piece of twine tied to the twig going to a hide at a safe distance. When the mosquito lands to drink the blood, the operator pulls the twine, pulling out the twig, and the mosquito is crushed by the deadfall. The salt can be used to preserve the skin of the mosquito for mounting purposes.

Serves as a warning to the others, I like it.

 

[matarius777]

Survival Russia has a rather interesting solution to the Siberian mosquito problem, I can’t remember exactly, but it was basically offering yourself to them at the beginning of the season, getting bitten to death over one evening (possibly, after that, you go into the sweat lodge for a session) then supposedly they don’t bother you after that- something along those lines. I think it’s what the Evenki people do. It’s in one of his videos, probably 3 or so years ago. One of my favourite bushcraft YouTubers.