Although my new apartment is devoid of roaches (thus far)… having a balcony door as my primary means of ventilation leaves me vulnerable to airborne insects. Flies tend to fly in an out w/out causing me too much grief; mosquitoes however are turning out to be my new nemesis.
My much beloved high ceilings have turned out to be my biggest tactical setback. The skeeters can merrily perch themselves up on the ceiling and digest my blood while watching me helplessly agonize over their existence. My other problem has been my slow (i admit it) reflexes. Even though mosquitoes are by no means the zippiest zippers out there, they out maneuver my fly swatter like a Porsche does semi’s on I-5.
Luckily for me, evolution has given me the ultimate trumph card… Ingenuity. So how pretel did I conquer the beasts? A can of compressed air, shaken and sprayed upside down. By disregarding all the warning labels on the can, you cause the liquid coolant to spray out along with the air. Apply this on a mosquito (even one a few feet out of reach) and viola, you’ve stunned them long enough to splat them with your fly swatter. If they’re still too high, give them a few more sprays and they’ll fly around and settle someplace more accessible.
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