Got Skeeters Bad? Call in the Dragonflies!

Mosquito prevention time is over; now is the time to switch tactics to protection . On the latest You Bet Your Garden , Mike McGrath reveals how to attract dragonflies and explains why white is the color to wear this mosquito season. Plus, your fabulous phone calls! Question of the Week: I’m a 13-year-old boy and live with my grandparents on seven acres of land. We have a pond, but absolutely no dragonflies. We’re way out in the country, and you’d think we’d have plenty, but we have not seen any. It’s like they vanished. Is there any kind of smell or food we could use to attract them? We need them badly; I just counted thirty bites on my legs! Bug spray has been no help, so our only hope is dragonflies… —Ethan in Brokaw, WI How to attract dragonflies »

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Got Skeeters Bad? Call in the Dragonflies! is an episode from You Bet Your Garden by WHYY.

This episode is 48:37 long.

This episode was published on Aug 10, 2018.

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