A reader used the site contact form to ask for suggestions. There is no general email sending capability from this site, so, in order to answer his query, and generally to facilitate discussions on MM matters, I created a new Forum on this site and posted his request there so that I could reply.
Anyone can read the forum topics. To post a topic or reply requires a user account on the forum, which is available upon request. This is a very low volume hobby topic, with responses only as time permits. Using the forum for other MM related discussions probably will be ok as long as it doesn’t get out of hand.
P.S. Defender All Time Catch
I moved the Defender mentioned in the previous New Oddity post out of the path of a particularly aggressive lawn mowing crew to a side of the house onto a paved stone patio where we have noticed too many mosquitos. After about 2 weeks, the Defender’s catch basket was completely full. It was just shocking and appalling. It was the largest catch for this machine, ever. I am contemplating how to count or estimate the mosquitos in that basket. I had better do this quickly, because the replacement basket is already 40% full. As a plus, now when we go to the pool in the evening, we are no longer devoured by these tiny beasts.
Having just accomplished a record catch, I have to pronounce the trap working, and the comparatively low catch mentioned in the previous post a consequence of its placement then in a location where it caught the now second largest number of mosquitos mentioned last season.