Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Enjoying the Outdoors Mosquito Free!

It's HOT in Jacksonville!  As we head into September it is probably only going to get more hot and more wet!  That means mosquitos!  Mosquitos makes enjoying the summer so hard in our area.  Here is a great mosquito trap that is easy to make at home:

Cut the top (just before the start of the cone) off a 2 liter bottle. Invert the cone and place it inside the straight part of the bottle. Glue the two pieces together, using a glue or silicon. Add 1 tsp yeast and 1/2 cup sugar to some luke warm water, and pour the mixture into the bottle. Mosquitoes are attracted to the carbon dioxide that you exhale. The yeast feeds off the sugar and emits the same gas, so the mosquito enters the bottle, thinking she will find food there.