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kungfuman · Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:06 am Post subject:

Also try pouring a few gallons of bleach down the drain sometimes. If you have a small building it will kill many of the larva in the septic tank.

A few gallons of waste oil works well also.

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

Doesn't killing the bugs in a septic tank rather spoil how they're supposed to work?

kungfuman · Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:29 pm Post subject:

choudoufu · Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 3325 Location: Mao-berry, PRC

they have septic tanks in china?

kungfuman · Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 2:49 pm Post subject:

choudoufu · Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 3325 Location: Mao-berry, PRC

we all had septic tanks in texas. each house had a porous cinderblock
lined drainage pit thingy out back. the bacteria would eat whatever
was dumped into the pit.

as far as i know, chinese have real sewer systems. waste going into the
pipes is sent to the water treatment facility (aka the river). ain't no
septic tanks in the villages neither. the communal squatties dump into the
lake or onto the rice paddies.

GreatApe · Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 7:47 am Post subject:

Whatever you do ... DO NOT get drunk on 米酒 and 啤酒 and then pass out on a ping-pong table outside your school wearing only a t-shirt and shorts during the mosquito-infested summers!

I had a Brit. friend who did that in Guangxi and he woke up the next morning to about 2 to 300 mosquito bites all over his person. Swollen, red, itching like crazy (and hungover!) ... he was not a happy camper, and ended up taking a trip to the local hospital. A few hundred kuai lighter in wallet and with a litre of aloe medicated lotion ... he felt only moderatley better once he got back home.

My current school is right next to a major river in Guangdong and has a ton of greenery surrounding the campus. It's like Mosquito U.! We have two lakes on our campus and mosquitoes nearly year-round. I use the mosquito coils every night during the "busy season" and spray the curtains and window screens with repellant every week or so. It seems to work very well.

Mosquito Tennis is a great way to kill time and avail yourself of some payback!

--GA

DosEquisX · Joined: 09 Dec 2010 Posts: 361

Mr. English · Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Posts: 298 Location: Nakuru, Kenya

I bought one of the plug-in/vapor devices a few years ago and it was completely worthless; from reading above I guess I bought the wrong brand. The coils work great and can be bought in any grocery store large or hole-in-the-wall. Here in Guangzhou in the upscale grocery stores they sell slightly more expensive brands that burn a little longer (perhaps 8 hours instead of 7) and are a little stronger (.035% active ingredient instead of .030%) than the brands sold in the hole-in-the-wall shops. The more expensive brands are also easier to break apart, are a lightweight cardboard sort of material as opposed to the usual brittle material that sometimes breaks when you pull the pairs of coils apart.

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

Thinking about it again, my experience with plug ins was having two. One in the b/r and the other in the living room.
The door was open so the apartment was getting the benefit of two debuggers.
All outside windows were closed - including to the stairwell.

kungfuman · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:36 pm Post subject:

The purple light electrocution systems seldom work as well. In my experience they are a waste of money

MESL · Joined: 23 Aug 2003 Posts: 291

MIDGES versus MOSQUITOES. Unlike mosquitoes:

They are almost too small to see.
They are too small to swat.
They are small enough to go through mosquito nets.
They are impervious to all types and brands of insect repellent, including one with 95% deet.
They operate 24/7 year around in geographic location and all weather.
They attack all areas of skin.
They dart rather hover.
They immediately target another area of skin after being brushed off instead flying away and attacking later.

As an experiment, I tried 4 mosquito coils at the same time in the bathroom (they like water). I tried spraying bleach until the whole room was saturated with mist. I tried spraying bai ju on them. That stuff burns your throat on the way down, but had no effect on these guys. Washing them off in the shower and down the drain doesn't do any good. They can live on water and land, so they just fly out of the water and back onto your body.

It's like these things were genetically engineered for survival.

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

They don't go under the name 'Hal' by any chance?

kungfuman · Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:48 am Post subject:

drrjon · Joined: 09 Oct 2010 Posts: 35 Location: Chongqing

Best post I have seen here. I found that bai jiu is a great defense. ..if you drink enough ... Actually I never thought of plugging up the drains. Great Idea! THANKS!