Being adjacent to parks and having a small garden of my own my flat is a freeway for mosquitoes. No amount of disinfectants, detergents, chemical sprays, room fresheners etc. can defeat or dissuade them from invading my territory. They are simply invincible.
Being allergic to strong odour I refrain from using mosquito repellents. Moreover, I do not think it’s healthy to inhale the chemical fumes that exude from them. After a lot of R&D I have found a ‘made in China’ contraption which has been working fine for some time – (prolonged durability may not be guaranteed).
A simple technology it has an LED light attached to a conical body with thin plastic bars with gaps around it. At night when all the lights are switched off the mosquitoes get attracted to the soft purple glow of the LED , fly towards it and get electrocuted. In the morning the net around the light has to be cleaned (with a tiny brush) of all the dead mosquitoes sticking to it. Not much of a hassle.
However, lately I realise I am taking undue interest in the number of mosquitoes killed during the night. If it’s less in number I doubt the effectiveness of the system. If it’s more I am getting a kind of weird satisfaction which I suspect is gradually bordering on sadistic pleasure.
Every morning this feeling of exultation that wells inside me reinforces that the primal instincts of the hunter-forager are still deeply encoded in my DNA and no amount of education, enlightenment or evolution has been able to uplift me to a staure of a more elevated being.
I’ll sign off now as it’s time for me to brush out the flimsy carcasses.
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That seems to work
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Yes, it does. Thank you very much Derrrick 🙏
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Haha! We had one of those but the purple rods became non functional so never got it repaired.
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But did you develop a weird pleasure in seeing the mosquitoes dead like me dear Sadje ? 😆😆
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I did, also dead cockroaches, and other insects.
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Haa…Haa 😀😀😀 Partners in Crime
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Lol. 🥳
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“Very interesting and funny post! 😄 The way you described the mosquito battle made me smile. I think many of us secretly feel the same small victory when we defeat these tiny invaders. Thanks for sharing such a relatable experience.”
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Glad that I was able to make you smile 😆😆. And glad that you enjoyed this post. Have a good day.
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Hahaha! Nice story. It is really depressing if the count is less, which gives rise to doubting your strategy.
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Yep, that’s the uncertain part of it. Hee 😆😆
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I wouldn’t like to be you brushing dead mosquitos, which are pests, but glad you found something to kill them!
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Yes Carol. It’s called survival
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If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito . . .
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