討厭的溫哥華蚊子(the Nuisance Mosquitoes in Vancouver)

*******在溫哥華的夏天，避免在蚊子最活躍的時間待在戶外.......清晨   與   日落後的傍晚到天黑****

如果認為加拿大沒有蚊子(因為冬天下雪，溫度可零下好幾度)，那就錯了! 小小的蚊子沒有，但是夏天可有兇惡的蚊子，連穿上長褲與長袖，牠們仍可以叮進皮膚，留下紅斑點又癢的痕跡!




據政府的宣導.....因為2011的春季，內陸點的省分河水暴漲成水災，所以導致蚊子沿著菲莎河 (Fraser River) 流至卑斯省的出海口，沿岸的城市今年餮定比往年多出許多蚊子出來咬人。
有庭院需要割草的朋友，得選擇太陽仍在的下午4點到7點左右，否則太陽下山後，兇惡的蚊子就出來吃晚餐了!>>>>


**************以下有關2011夏天蚊子的訊息，載自 " the Province Newspaper" 2011/07/10*******

     Outdoor revellers beware(喜歡戶外的人小心了): the number of "nuisance討厭的" mosquitoes is skyrocketing this year.
     According to Randy Heilbron, Fraser Health's West Nile virus coordinator, high water levels on the Fraser River and throughout the province have created a cozy breeding ground for nuisance mosquitoes舒適的環境適合討厭的蚊子繁殖 - a type that does not carry viruses.(但不是帶病菌那類型)>>>>>>>




     "It's pretty pickety" Heilbron said. "All the way along the river from Hope...right down to the mouth of the river in Richmond." Heilbron said traps have been spread out across the Fraser Valley region to trap and count the number of adult mosquitoes in each area(每一年在整個菲沙流域區去捕捉與計算蚊子的困境已經延長) - and "there's a big difference" this year, he said.

     Adult mosquitoes lay their eggs in the soil the previous year and by late spring and early summer, eggs then begin to hatch into mosquitoes when the flood waters rise. But many mosquito-wary communities across the province are working to control the number of eggs that become pests(害蟲) by spraying BTI, a type of larvicide(殺幼蟲劑) that attacks mosquito larvae (幼蟲)in the water.>>>>>



     Dirk Lewis, a mosquito control program manager with Morrow BioScience Ltd., has worked with the Fraser Vally Regional District to try to curb(抑制) the number of bugs in the Fraser Valley region. Lewis said he and the mosquito control team have been spraying BTI along the water's edge from the Abbotsford-Mission area past Chilliwack and up to Hope.

     "We've seen a difference in flood water and there are a lot more adult mosquitoes right along the Fraser River corridor(菲沙河的通道)," Lewis said. But B.C. residents worried about West Nile will have to wait to see whether the summer will be a bad one for the virus. Heilbron said the number of vector mosquitoes(帶菌的蚊子) - those that carry viruses - won't peak until midsummer. >>>>>>



     "It's too early to tell" whether the West Nile virus will be a major problem this year, he said,  Heilbron said all B.C. residents should take precautions when outdoors. He suggested that people wear long-sleeved clothes with tight-woven fabric, use the DEET-based bug spray and avoid the outdoors during high mosquito activity times - early morning and late at night.(避免在蚊子最活躍的時間待在戶外.......清晨   與   日落後的傍晚到天黑)

     "When travelling to areas known to be endemic to West Nile virus, people should also take extra precautions," he said.

朋友曾email給我老祖母的偏方，我傳給在大陸的同學試用結果>>>她說真的有效，就如以下的網友所言>>>
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一滴麻油
今天下午去幫兒子買一雙鞋子，老闆看了兒子的腳說
怎這麼多紅豆冰呀
我只好無奈說蚊子真的好多哦，市面上賣的防蚊液每家都說很天然
但裡頭還是參了一些化學成份，雖然我有買了一瓶但最後還是沒在用。

老闆就報我一個最天然最安全最古老的方法：他說，
他們常常去爬山什麼的，山上蚊子很多，
但是只要用一滴麻油滴在手上，
兩隻手抹一下，拍打在寶寶手上和腳上，最後手上沒油了，
但還有麻油的味道，就輕輕拍一下寶寶的臉上。
爬一個山下來，蚊子都躲的遠遠的哦!
我聽了這個方法後很高興的回家試驗看看!
把麻油弄在兒子手腳和臉上，就帶去公園試試看，
^^哇天阿~居然發現有3隻蚊子一直想咬兒子，
但卻只敢在旁邊飛來飛去兒子身邊突然好像多了一層防護罩耶！
蚊子僵持了5分鐘還在飛，但就是不敢靠近
最後居然跑來咬我－這在旁邊試驗的媽咪因為我沒擦。

真的有效耶 ~
好高興哦現在弄了一個小瓶子，隨身帶著且只要一滴麻油哦
弄上身體一點都不油，且有香香的麻油味。
才發現原來最天然最安全的防蚊方法是隨身可得的
且不用花錢去買哦……...^^
既然這麼好用就試試看，別讓偏方給失傳了，尤其不傷身

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另外朋友email給我另一種滅絕蚊子的方法，如有朋友成功，也歡迎留言於此，讓大家分享成果>>>>

朋友們可以試試看～～

 

鹼水盆~~短短1個月就成功讓蚊子 絕滅

濕熱的季節，正是蚊子繁衍最旺盛的時候，豐原醫院病歷室最近利用「鹼水 盆」，短短1個月就成功讓蚊子「絕滅」，不但替醫院省下捕蚊燈的開銷，也大大 提升員工的工作效能，院方大方分享這項環保妙點子。

豐原醫院病歷室位在地下室，平時靠清潔公司消毒或點蚊香驅趕蚊子，自從七二水災 後，蚊子數量暴增，員工每天上班的第一件事就是點蚊香，但是驅蚊效果不顯著，加 上濃烈的蚊香味瀰漫在原本就不通風的空間，不僅員工整天覺得昏沉，工作效率也打折扣。

就在院方準備購買捕蚊燈與蚊子作戰時，病歷室主任得知「鹼水盆」有滅蚊效果，於是將洗衣粉混合肥皂絲倒入裝了水的小盆子，放在地下室角落，三天後，蚊子數量驟減，十天後水盆內滿是「戰果」。

「鹼水盆」滅蚊法原理是利用洗衣粉及肥皂絲散發的香味誘使蚊子下 蛋，由於洗衣粉、肥皂絲是鹼性物質，蚊子的卵在鹼性環境下無法存活，在生命周期 短又無法繁殖下一代的情況下，蚊子數量自然越來越少，甚至滅絕，住家也適用，但要小心別讓家中的小孩或寵物誤食。

也可以用來對付蟑螂方法>>>>

 

潑肥皂水無處遁逃對付蟑螂只須用肥皂水往牠身上潑去， 或沿著牠常出入的地方，用肥皂水畫一條線， 因為蟑螂腹部的油脂一碰到肥皂水就會溶解，大約十秒就不動了，比殺蟲劑有效多了。