The ECO-Friendly Way to Stop Mosquitoes.
Target the larvae, protect the pollinators. As shown on the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance site, the traps offer a critter-safe, effective alternative to yard fogging. family and pet Safe.
Decorative, Functional, and Cost-effective Larvae Trap Kits.
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” - Jane Goodall
RESPONSIBLE MOSQUITO CONTROL STARTS AT HOME.
Aesthetic & Effective: A sleek, black design that looks like garden art while attracting gravid (egg-laying) mosquitoes. Eliminating the developing mosquito larvae eliminates the next generation.
Child-Friendly and Pet-Friendly: Safe to use in yards where children and dogs play.
Cost-Effective: Your initial kit investment along with larvacide is far less expensive than what foggers charge per season. More effective and hundreds of dollars less expensive per season.
Critter-Safe: Includes a protective grid large enough for mosquitoes to enter, but small enough to prevent critter entrapment.
Wildlife-Friendly: Preserves the "good bugs" that birds and other wildlife require to survive.
Easy Maintenance: Pair it with the Maintenance Tracker to simplify your life.
Invest in Health & Nature
Whether you DIY with information at the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance Wildlife Sanctuary Program site, order Mosquito Jill Kit or detailed mini trap instructions, order Larvae Trap Maintenance Tracker and Spreadsheet for essential maintenance, you will support our health and our environment.
Environmentally Responsible
Because of our shared environment, I believe that I should be a good environmental steward and learn how to coexist with wildlife. No one likes mosquito bites, I sure don’t, so I’m willing to kill mosquitoes in my yard using larvicide.
As a mother, grandmother, Golden Retriever mom, rescue dog grandma, gardener, birder, nature lover, and Virginia native wildlife transporter, I have learned some best practices for managing the health of our family, our pets, wildlife, and our environment. Learn more about me.
I wanted a way to manage mosquitoes by targeting mosquitoes. The "natural" chemicals used for broadcast spraying for mosquitoes also kills butterflies, bees, caterpillars, dragonflies (mosquito predators), and many more insects. Not my style for sure; I take those spiders in my house outside; always have and I always will, just ask my Mom.
Plants and insects are the base of the food chain and we need them for many environmental services. The fogging chemicals build up in plants and our water supply and have a lasting impact on the ecosystem. That means the plants are now poisoned too. Poisoning our environment is bad, right? See the Why page for more information on mosquito fogging.
In my role as the Wildlife Sanctuary Program Assistant at the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance, I have been testing out traps since 2021 and documenting how to set them up. I learned from Dr. Douglas Tallamy that larval traps are an effective control element for mosquitoes. Homegrown National Park is doing a great job of spreading the word with their Mosquito Bucket Challenge (also called the “bucket of doom”)
I wanted something more attractive, even chic, in my gardens when I couldn’t find an appropriate spot to hide that bucket.
Non-Toxic Larvae Traps: Safe for your family, pets, and wildlife.
Decorative, Functional, and Cost-effective
I learned to love gardening from my Mom and I have become a native plant gardener to support wildlife. I go to curated native gardens as well as botanical gardens to get design ideas. No big buckets in the middle of those gardens. I needed a smaller, garden worthy mosquito larva trap. Mosquitoes only need a water bottle cap full of water and a bit of organic material to breed, so small sounded doable.
I recently created a mini trap that I feel complements each of my garden rooms at home. Sourcing the parts is a little tricky though and come in large packs. The parts are much easier to clean than the large buckets - a real win.
I love watching critters in my Certified Wildlife Sanctuary, especially the butterflies over my Joe Pye and New York Ironweed in the summer. Our yard hosts several bird nests each season and I enjoy seeing the bluebirds, woodpeckers, wrens, and finches finding food, finding shelter in the layered gardens, and bathing in our birdbath.
When I see the Mosquito Jill Hanging Trap in amongst the foliage, it looks like a decoration - more garden art and chic than a bucket.
Mosquito Jill supplies kits for as a part of an integrated pest management solution to control mosquitoes. Mosquito Jill Kits come with the hard-to-find components to get started setting up your traps. I want to make it easier to be environmentally responsible. Invest in some easy to maintain traps that can be used season after season. New Mosquito Dunks, water, and dried organic material is quite affordable compared to fogging.