06-07-2017, 03:09 PM
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One of the Nine
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Why Don't We Just Exterminate All Mosquitoes
They're more annoying than bears... So what do you guys and girls use to control them in your yards? Do those hanging zappers work? They're not all that cheap, but the price does have a pretty sizable range. Does a cheapo one work as well as an expensive one? Do they work at all?
I've hung a couple of bat houses around my property, but they have yet to take up residence, and I dread the idea of a bad mosquito summer in my cool new backyard. I'm just outside of the city, so the roads all have ditches with standing water after rain, and they breed pretty quickly.
It'd be nice if the government would just ban mosquitoes, but that's just a slippery slope that might lead to banning dogs.
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06-07-2017, 03:11 PM
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Now there is an issue that will unite the people!
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06-07-2017, 03:14 PM
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I don't know, only the species that is around early season (around now) bother me. The rest don't seem to bite as often. Another week or 2 and they will die off and it will be a great summer!
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06-07-2017, 03:17 PM
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Because science.
Don't go tampering with the natural order. You don't know what result this could have.
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06-07-2017, 03:20 PM
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Ya, altering a base layer food source would be no bueno.
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06-07-2017, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
Because science.
Don't go tampering with the natural order. You don't know what result this could have.
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Exactly. Let's find out what happens. Maybe they are truly useless. Maybe not. At least we will know for sure.
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06-07-2017, 03:21 PM
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First Line Centre
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It would collapse entire ecosystems
Still though...
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06-07-2017, 03:24 PM
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Murder an entire living species because they occasionally annoy you?
Sounds like Genocide bro.
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06-07-2017, 03:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
They're more annoying than bears... So what do you guys and girls use to control them in your yards? Do those hanging zappers work? They're not all that cheap, but the price does have a pretty sizable range. Does a cheapo one work as well as an expensive one? Do they work at all?
I've hung a couple of bat houses around my property, but they have yet to take up residence, and I dread the idea of a bad mosquito summer in my cool new backyard. I'm just outside of the city, so the roads all have ditches with standing water after rain, and they breed pretty quickly.
It'd be nice if the government would just ban mosquitoes, but that's just a slippery slope that might lead to banning dogs.
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Nice to pay homage to DESS.
If this goes half as well as either of those threads you have done well.
Also mosquito's suck.
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06-07-2017, 03:25 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
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Think of the Bats and Swallows!
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06-07-2017, 03:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
Because science.
Don't go tampering with the natural order. You don't know what result this could have.
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Maybe we could just genetically engineer them so they think humans don't taste good. Not even all humans, really. Just me would do. Where do I get one of those CRISPR things from?
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06-07-2017, 03:28 PM
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One of the Nine
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A couple of really loud wooshes up in this thread. I'm just trying to keep them out of my back yard.
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06-07-2017, 03:29 PM
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Interesting reply to the previous thread there 4x4.
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Solution = stay the hell out of their house and you've got nothing to fear.
I sincerely hope this thread was made in jest. If you're serious, well, I think you're an idiot.
One vote for terrible.
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Heed your own advice? 
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06-07-2017, 03:35 PM
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I believe this has been done already as an experiment somewhere. I remember, vaguely, our science teacher telling us about it when we're studying ecosystems. It had resulted in most birds leaving the area of the experiment.
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06-07-2017, 03:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I believe this has been done already as an experiment somewhere. I remember, vaguely, our science teacher telling us about it when we're studying ecosystems. It had resulted in most birds leaving the area of the experiment.
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So no more birds ####ting on me windows, deck or car.
This might get some legs.
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06-07-2017, 03:36 PM
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You genocidal monster!! This is how the Nazis did it!!
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06-07-2017, 03:38 PM
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by Weitz
Interesting reply to the previous thread there 4x4.
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Lol. But he was serious, right Sliver?
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06-07-2017, 03:43 PM
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by blankall
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Thanks for that. 
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06-07-2017, 03:54 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I think the main species that the eco system does not need and would probably thrive if they went extinct would be humans lol
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