Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

I usually focus on the building science of homes, HVAC, and indoor environmental quality.  Today, though, I’m going to cover a topic of outdoor environmental quality.  I’ve had mosquitoes in my backyard since we bought the house in 2019.  This year, however, the yard is practically uninhabitable all the time because the constant rainfall has kept the yard wet and overpopulated with mosquitoes.  That’s about to change because last week, I heard about the perfect solution:  the Mosquito Bucket of Death.†

So, for the past few days I’ve been setting them up and putting them out in my yard.  I’ve got four out there now and may add more.  I wish I had started them in April because it takes a while for them to do their thing.  And their thing is using an otherwise harmless bacterium to kill the mosquito larvae after the female mosquitoes lay their eggs in the bucket.  Here’s a video showing a bit about how they work and how to set them up.

There’s a lot of info online about the Mosquito Bucket of Death, and I’ve looked at a bunch of it.  Here’s what I’ve distilled from those sites to help you make your make your own.

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