Is the netting "no see um" fine? That is, tiny flying bugs. If you havent camped or picnicked in a swampy area in Summer, please refrain from answering.
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Haven't used it but am pulling it out this weekend. We have little mosquitos here in tucson, and i'll let you know. It is very fine screen though. I'll know better by this weekend.
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No - it is a heavy-duty mesh. Long lasting that keeps out big bugs, but not the no see ums.
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didn't seem to. i used mine camping and did had it inside my tent, and never noticed bugs around it
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I don't have my bat house hung yet, so don't have a clue. Am waiting for my son to have a rest from farming to nail it up for me. It won't be as close as I'd like it, but have been told that the bats fly far enough to eat bugs that it won't matter. I hope that is right!!
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I would not use it as mosquito netting outdoors. The package says mosquito netting and that it keeps them out but there are a lot of open spaces and some other reviews said it doesn't work that way. It seems purely decorative in my opinion.
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I would have to say "no" but we didn't use it but once last year and had no problems with no-see-ums where we were. For keeping out flies, bees, and other bugs it is great. Make sure the bottom makes contact with the ground everywhere so they can't get in.
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I'm not sure what the rating was on the sf coverage, but it comes on 2 sponges. I actually split the package with my neighbor (they were afraid with 3 dogs I would only drive them out of my yard and into theirs) so between us, we did about 2 acres on the package, as both houses sit on about a 1 acre lot each. We didn't do areas where the dogs never go, so I'd guess a good 1 to 1-1/2 acres was covered. Did them last summer, so far this year, all 5 of our dogs are flea free at this point. They must have feasted all winter long. I also have seen only a few spiders, maybe 1 catepillar, maybe a dozen rolly-pollies, no grubworms at all. It looks as if they had a larvae feast all winter, and we are bug-poor this year - although I'm certainly not complaining about that! If you're "infested" already, you might want to use something strong to knock them back, give that 30 days to get out of the soil so it doesn't kill the nemotodes, and then put them out, and they seem to have really worked around here. I'm about to do my spring maintenance dose in the next week or two. They say about twice a year anyway, spring and late-summer, early fall, to keep them active in your yard. I assume if they eat all the food sources, they'll only move to the neighbors yard. They are actual insects that need to feed, but they do reproduce also. You just need to get and keep them established in your yard.
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We, of course, leave it on all night when the bugs are bad in the summer and in the morning there will be little dead flies and bugs, of whatever kind it killed, laying under it in kind of a circle about 5 feet in diameter. So one must keep this in mind where ever you hang it.
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The mesh on the fly screen is VERY small. I don't know that we have used this tent where there are no-seeums, but I have been around them and I don't believe they could get through this tent's mesh.
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I personally haven't had a problem with bugs in Swheat Scoop. I have had them in some alfalfa reptile bedding, though. So what I do now, with any organic product like this, is open the bag outdoors, well away from any entrance to the house. If there are any bugs, they should be pretty obvious
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I live in Michigan and what I did was take a 2foot by 1 foot piece of wood and then I put a couple screws into the wood. I then took some thread and tied each egg sac to a screw. I leaned the piece of wood against a wall near my garden. This protected the egg sacs from rain and the direct sun and kept them out of sight of most predators. It has been about a month or more since I did this and I am happy to report that I have several half inch long mantis babies in my garden. I don't believe the heat would harm them as long as you keep the egg sac in a shaded are that is also near a garden or a water source. Just my opinion. i'm no bug expert.
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I honestly am not sure about the no-see-ums. I'd used this several times now for our camping. It definitely works pretty good for mosquitoes (I am a magnet for them). I would recommend to use a picnic blanket inside to cover all the flaps folded in. If the ground is uneven, there might be a gap between the ground and mosquitoes/bugs can still get inside. Also I have an electric bug zapper I bring in with me to zap all pesky bugs that gets in with me :-) we all love this, I would recommend this to anyone. Very light, easy to fold and stow/carry.
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No! Won't catch much! Total waste of $$ do not buy!!!! Bugs fly right out and only fly in bc they went closer to the light.
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They are wire framed with a treated paper balloon covering it. Yes, rain and summer sun will deteriorate this quickly- when I bought them, they came 2 to a pack. I hung one on the lowest branches of a cedar tree with a southern exposure and a cherry tree with a northern exposure. They were out in the wind and rain and salt (I live on the bay) and they lasted from the summer into the fall. I must say, they really did drive all of the large, flying insects out of my yard. I also have a a Mosquito Magnet running all summer and between the two, we had no pests in our yard at all, from June-October. Hope this is helpful. I would absolutely purchase these again. :) They are wire framed with a treated paper balloon covering it. Yes, rain and summer sun will deteriorate this quickly- when I bought them, they came 2 to a pack. I hung one on the lowest branches of a cedar tree with a southern exposure and a cherry tree with a northern exposure. They were out in the wind and rain and salt (I live on the bay) and they lasted from the summer into the fall. I must say, they really did drive all of the large, flying insects out of my yard. I also have a a Mosquito Magnet running all summer and between the two, we had no pests in our yard at all, from... » Read More They are wire framed with a treated paper balloon covering it. Yes, rain and summer sun will deteriorate this quickly- when I bought them, they came 2 to a pack. I hung one on the lowest branches of a cedar tree with a southern exposure and a cherry tree with a northern exposure. They were out in the wind and rain and salt (I live on the bay) and they lasted from the summer into the fall. I must say, they really did drive all of the large, flying insects out of my yard. I also have a a Mosquito Magnet running all summer and between the two, we had no pests in our yard at all, from June-October. Hope this is helpful. I would absolutely purchase these again. :) « Show Less
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I had no problems. Even if you leave a gap with the elastic, at worst I had a fly or two. Most was when I left the openings unzipped to go in and out. On damp ground at one camp ground I had a couple dozen crickets UNDER the tent when I took it down. They crunched when I walked on the tent floor, yuk! But unless I let them in, I did not wake up to any additional boarders.
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Ours is hung in the country and there is nothing stopping bugs from getting in. However we have it connected by a carabiner and just take it down at the end of the day and put it inside or in the garage. We leave it out some nights, but you really shouldn't leave it out in the rain, that is the only way it will become damaged. The kids love it and it stays very clean and comfortable.
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We haven't used it since last season, but as I remember, the bugs die, but not immediately. If it is in use in a buggy area and you take it apart to empty it there may be a few live ones in it.
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Hi, Matthew! The first two people who responded to your query seemed to be answering about another product.....one of the trap-type devices, I guess. As I hope YOU know, this product is not a trap......you will not see bugs in or on it. Instead it puts out an invisible vapor. Just because you don't see any bugs (clothes moths are our issue) it obviously doesn't mean that they aren't around. Based on our experiences, we recommend cycling this product all about your home......right now ours are in the basement after having been in the garage, and before that (during spring and summer) they were in several walk-in closets. We buy two each year and replace them every year in early spring. I dispose of the old ones by putting them in a zipper-type plastic bag and putting it in the trash. As I noted before, we have never seen any bugs actually IN these......all these are supposed to do is put out the vapor, which as I am sure you know, should not be in areas where you and your family and pets spend any significant time. So I feel better about disposing of them (even in their weakened state) in a closed plastic bag.....oh boy does this raise issues with us about having to use this product at all, but I tell you.......those damned clothes moths require drastic action, and for us, these do help! Good luck to you!