It's a great project for your children to watch the eggs and the baby bugs develop. Toads, from the ground, and bats from the air, eat thousands of mosquitoes per night. To attract toads, break a hole in the side of clay pots and place them upside-down in shady areas. A good bat house has many vertical narrow slots inside with an open bottom. One house can be a home to 20 bats.
Various birds are also effective for controlling bugs.
Design the birdhouse for the specific species you want. Instead of expensive and dangerous insecticides to combat tiny pests like aphids and spider mites, consider these good bugs. The tiny Spider Mite Predator bug will consume 10 adult mites or 20 eggs daily. Update Bulletin No. It gets pleasantly cool some summer evenings and I would like to draw in more air without using noisy fans.