Mosquitoes In Bathroom Drains

There are prob 20 30 in there when i got home today.

Mosquitoes in bathroom drains. I never thought about this until today. I live in the philippines which is a tropical country. I took a saucer and placed it over the drain hole. The shop drain is more of a puzzle but i d guess the only time you re actually breeding mosquitoes there is if the drain hasn t been flushed for a while.

We kill them every night too but every night there are a new batch. Window doesnt even open in there. I closed the room and the windows shut sprayed every square inch of the room with industrial grade insecticide including the sink the toilet the drain. They arent in any other area of the house except in the bathroom.

The plastic pot with drain holes had been placed inside a prettier ceramic container. Where could they be coming from and what could i do about them. Mosquitoes hatch in standing water but the eggs can survive a surprising amount of time even when dry. Today i found mosquito larvae in the toilet of our second bathroom.

So i did an experiment. The garage drain probably sits longer than that. Theoretically if the drains aren t used often and there is standing water in the p trap then yes they could hatch there. Always have mosquitos in my bathroom they seem to be attracted to the standing water in my toilet.

Mosquitoes in bathroom drains. The most obvious approach to getting rid of mosquitoes in yard drains is to stop them from getting into it in the first place. But where the frick are they coming from. Unfortunately this is not as simple as is sounds.

It generally takes standing water to breed mosquitoes. If you have a br that is not in every day use its toilet is a perfect place for mosquito development. We have lived in this house for about 3 months. So i learned something new today.

About three hours later i went in and there were no mosquitoes on the walls anymore so i lifted up the saucer and there were about 10 of them sitting there under the saucer. I d try flushing the drains 2x a week. Prevent mosquitoes from entering a yard drain. 11 26 2009 05 36 pm 6.

When i pulled the plastic pot out there was about an inch of dirty water in the bottom of the ceramic pot and plenty of mosquito larvae and pupae. Mosquitoes are very small and can find their way in if a desirable habitat exists. I killed them poured some bleach down the drain and replaced the saucer. As mentioned above mosquitoes can live in bathroom and laundry drains and they might especially prefer drains that aren t flushed out very often.

I went in a. If you suspect that mosquitoes have been living or laying eggs in a drain in your home there are a few things you can try to eliminate them. My bathroom is always swarmed by mosquitoes. Everytime we go in the bathroom to take a bath etc there are about 6 10 tiny mosquitoes flying around.

They are were coming up through the drain. This plant was the last stop in my search for the cause of our indoor mosquito bites.